STOP! Don't read this story without going back and reading The Black Market Below Bleecker, a story I posted back in April. Today's entry is a follow-up that takes place in the same reality and features a few callbacks to that original tale. I promise, if you read that one first, you'll enjoy this one a … Continue reading The Memory Merchant of Bleecker Street
Memory
Question of the Week #350
Hey there, wonderful readers! Today, let's dive into another thought-provoking question from Gregory Stock’s The Book of Questions: Would you want to record everything you hear or see 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, year in, year out? And if you could easily find and replay any previous conversation or interaction, how would it … Continue reading Question of the Week #350
Taylor – The Next Morning
Continued from last week... Taylor awoke to the sight of sunlight streaming through the living room curtains. She could barely open her eyes. They hurt; dry and burning from the overproduction of tears as she drifted off to sleep the previous night. She didn’t feel like moving. She was curled into a ball under a … Continue reading Taylor – The Next Morning
Question of the Week #269
Amnesia comes in two forms: one in which you lose your memory of past events, another in which you no longer form new memories. If you took a bad fall and were to suffer one or the other, which would be worse? I think, as long as you have someone like Adam Sandler to put … Continue reading Question of the Week #269
Rewatching Buffy – Episode 108
Welcome to Rewatching Buffy, the part of the blog where I rewatch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Each Tuesday evening, you’re invited to join me as I attempt to rediscover what made me love this show 22 years ago. Tabula Rasa For those of us who do not speak a dead language, Tabula Rasa is Latin for … Continue reading Rewatching Buffy – Episode 108
Thirteen Years Later
October 6 will never be an easy day for me. That's because October 6 will forever be the anniversary of the day my dad died. Really, just like anything else, some days are easier to deal with than others. Each year when this day comes along, I deal with it in different ways. It pretty … Continue reading Thirteen Years Later
He Would Have Been 66 Today
You know, I used to think it odd that my dad would make an effort to mention his grandfather's birthday whenever it came along throughout the year. He would tell me it was Popi's (pronounced like Popeye) birthday and how old he would have been. I never said it out loud, but I know I … Continue reading He Would Have Been 66 Today
Question of the Week #175
If you could mold to your liking your memories of any past experience, would you do so? This seems like an odd question. Actually, I'm not entirely sure I understand what's being asked here. Does this mean I could take some negative event in my past and alter my memories so that I remember it … Continue reading Question of the Week #175
Hopes, Dreams, and Plans
It's funny... the things we choose to look back on. Some of those things, we look back on not because of choice, but because of coincidence. I was thinking about what sort of blog post I'd like to write for Thanksgiving this year and, in thinking about that, decided to look back and see what … Continue reading Hopes, Dreams, and Plans
Remembering Anne
Up until my senior year of high school, my family attended Villa Heights Baptist Church in Roanoke, Virginia. Up until my junior year of high school, Villa Heights had a fantastic music minister in Anne Eakin. Anne was our worship leader every Sunday morning and evening. Anne was our choir director. And she didn't just … Continue reading Remembering Anne
The Confusing Middle 