It’s Sunday And My Notebook Pages Are Still Blank So I Typed This Up Instead
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Posted by Mark on January 22, 2012 in Depression, Drafts, Stuff, This 'n That | Short Link

I read a marvelous post close to a month ago, penned (does one who types still get credit for penning?) by @rkrystalli at Stories of Conflict and Love about the reminders of the past year.  My comment mentioned how I also keep little bits of ephemera and errata and slap them in my notebooks.  Roxanne [...]

The Well Meaning and Thoughtless, or How The Clueless Hurt More Than They Help
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Posted by Mark on January 11, 2012 in Depression, Stuff | Short Link

It was a quiet Tuesday evening.  I’d been to the doctor’s office that day, talked about my meds, made the next appointment, grabbed some Chinese for dinner for me and my Mrs and wended me way home.  Shrimp Lo Mein, even at one of the ersatz “Chinese” places around here is a wonderful thing.  Fried [...]

Was it really simpler? – Thoughts on Change and Dealing With it
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Posted by Mark on January 8, 2012 in Depression, Stuff | Short Link

One of the gifts I gave Elaine for Christmas was a new stereo for her car. The original unit played both CDs and cassettes, plus the usual AM/FM radio. The car is old enough that the stereo did not have an AUX input for mp3 players. Who needed one in 2000? On the drive home [...]

2012 is for Enduring: A Depression Post
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Posted by Mark on January 2, 2012 in Depression, Stuff, Writing | Short Link

Depression still has a serious stranglehold on me.  I’ve been feeling better of late, yet it’s misleading this feeling.  My physical well-being is a bit better.  I no longer hear suicidal whispers or feel drawn to my firearms.  I haven’t wanted to medicate with copious quantities of alcohol.  Okay, that’s a lie.  I’ve wanted to climb in [...]

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