Author: Ian

It’s been two months since my last confession…er…entry. Here it is, almost Christmas Day. I wish I could say it’s been a great year, “filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times”, but it really hasn’t. In the last year or so, our family has lost 6 close friends and family members, through…

“The eye of the moon refused to look down upon his passing” At 8:40 P.M. tonight, just at the height of the lunar eclipse, my Dad passed away. It had been 3 months, almost to the day, since his diagnosis with colon cancer. In the end, he was peaceful and relaxing, with all of his…

Crap! I have no idea if anyone actually reads this, but some day I’ll come back to it and read it. Anyway, my folks got more bad news today. The cancer has spread to Dad’s liver, lungs and body cavity. I was REALLY hoping it would just be a little spot on his liver (that…

And of course today is International “Talk Like a Pirate” Day!

It’s been a busy couple of weeks. First with Dad sick and everything that entails. We’ve been trying to make ourselves available for anything the folks need, but there still isn’t a whole lot we CAN do. Dad is looking stronger and he says he’s feeling stronger, but he still has some pain, down there,…