The Nudity of Trees

Noticed, driving back to work from a therapist appointment How the truck floats, light On the road passing dark bare Mid-fall trees, between traffic lanes, standing strikingly proud in the noon day bright shining sun, A denuded maple, leafless elm, two green pine Don’t look dead, or dejected for all of foliage’s failings But strong, […]

Struggles with Bipolar Disorder

So….I am gonna come out, so to speak…maybe it’ll help my healing. I have a mental disorder.  Wow…just the words mental disorder are hard to get out.  They carry so much weight….so much stigma….so much bullshit…so much unknown….so much fear. A little under a year ago I was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder type 2 — […]