Witterings On

Witterings On · 18. February 2020

Recently there’s been a lot of talk about “internal monologues”, also called internal dialogues, inner monologues, the inner voice, and so on. Apparently the idea that not everyone has any such thing has surfaced recently and caused quite a stir. It seems people are freaked out that other people could be walking around without one. The thing is, though, I don’t have one. Well, I did, for a long time, and it was terrible, but I don’t naturally have one. When I was a kid I did a lot of...

Witterings On · 14. February 2020

When my kid was one year old, we moved cities. We were already tired of moving but this was to be the last one for a while; we were going to a more relaxed, more family-friendly city where we could really settle down. We’d combed a lot of listings and found a place better than we’d expected to within our budget – at the time we were not yet on the socialized housing waiting list for our new city, and had to rent private-sector. We were excited to have found a two-bedroom place with a big...

Witterings On · 27. January 2020

Today, it is my birthday. Happy Birthday to Me! I am stepping down this day from the arbitrarily distinctive age of exactly half a Century. This birthday could not be more diametrically opposed to last year’s while still remaining a good day. I’ve had a lot of different kinds of birthdays over these 51 years, most of them pleasant, some of them fantastic, many unmemorable, a couple terrible. This year I’m doing what I most wanted to: I’m puttering around aimlessly doing whatever I feel...

Witterings On · 08. January 2020

I've never been to band camp, but I do have lots of stories that start "This one time...". Please click on the links to read the stories.

Witterings On · 30. December 2019

HAPPY NEW YEAR, THEM OF YOU AS FOR WHAT THAT APPLIES RIGHT NOW! I've had an interesting start to the year, to say the least. I hope yours has been more... has been less... I hope yours is going great!

Witterings On · 29. December 2019

This is the section from which I will draw on days when I don’t feel particularly inspired, or have posted too many heavy things in a row, or what have you. This is also the section which my Patreon patrons can use, should they wish, to suggest themes. You could say, for example, “I want to hear about that time you almost fell off a cliff because your uncle wanted a photo”, or, “Is there anyone you genuinely hate?” or, “What was the scariest/best/most convincingly real dream you...

Witterings On · 28. December 2019

I’ve always known who I am. I see people struggle with this but it’s not something I’ve ever put myself through. Who am I? Am I my mother, am I my father? No? Then who? These are questions that have never occurred to me and which puzzled me when others around me began talking about them as we entered childhood and beyond. These musings are fundamental in half the literature of every culture on Earth and most religious explorations, but I just don’t get it. Who am I? I’m me. I’m this...