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Today I seemed to have woken up grieving everything. There’s my dad, sure, I mean duh. But there’s all this shit it feels like we’ve lost this year....
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Last night I had another strange dream. I was with my hair dresser and for some reason my older brother, Jason, was there. I was trying to explain that...
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Home again. Back to normal. Who knew “normal” would be the world burning down? All of our restlessness of the past 3 months has collided with...
![[Grief Sucks] May 22, 2020- God Laughs](https://beenandgoing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_5604-450x300.jpg)
Here’s the next quote I used to say a lot which now has new meaning: “Man makes plans, God laughs.” I’m sitting on a deck in a backyard in...
![[Grief Sucks] May 19, 2020- Tempting Fate](https://beenandgoing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/foosball-perks-games-office-700x467-450x300.jpg)
I used to have this running joke with people: People: “How are you?” Me: “Could be worse.” (everyone laughs) “Or maybe I shouldn’t tempt fate”...
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About 20 years ago my parents moved to Albuquerque. I guess they wanted to see where Bugs Bunny had taken a wrong turn so many times, or maybe it was easier...
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Chapter One: Fantasy Island There comes a time in every Angeleno’s life when they Google Map “recreational dispensaries near me” in order to find...
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Look, pumpkins are gross. They’re like Donald Trump’s head- orange, bulbous misshapen things filled on the inside with disgusting slime. And, just...

In 1987, I spent the summer in Israel with my middle sister and my Dad. We’d lived in Israel from around 1978 to 1983 in Arad, a small town in the middle...