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A bit of progress (I think)
So it has officially been two weeks since I've started monitoring my eating and trying to get out and walk and I will admit that I am starting to feel good again. Im taking my supplements and drinking water with apple cider vinegar in it and cutting back on my snacking, and trying to limit the sugar intake.I believe that I have already lost about 5lbs. And since getting an air fryer, I have...
Why is it so expensive to be healthy?
Why is it so damn expensive to try and be healthy? It honestly must be a conspiracy to keep you fat and unhealthy. Like you can buy 4 cheese burgers for $3.00 but its $5 for a salad that was prepared and packaged 5 days ago.Then you buy vitamins and supplements to try and keep healthy too and you...
Starting over again - getting back to walking

So today I started walking again. And it was really nice to be able to get up and get out and move like god damn I feel all of those days and months of inactivity since having the kidney stone. I just want to get back to being able to walk like I used to when I was doing two or three miles day...
Remotely dealing with an aging parent

Its tough when you have to deal with a loved one being in the hospital. No matter what your relationship with that person may or may not be. Over the last week and a half, I have been dealing with my biological mother being in the hospital and drama of all that entails.It started with a phone call a...
2021 in Review
As we count down the last remaining hours of 2021 I find myself reflecting over the last 365. I am reminded of the people who have left my life, as well as those who have come into it. The strain some relationships have undergone, and the strengthening of others.I look back to just a few weeks ago when my depression was at a 30 on a scale of 0 - 10 and how shitty things felt and how hopeless...
Depression - what its like

The last week or so has really kicked me in the balls. My depression has been at a 14 where it has been typically at about a 5.It suck when your brain turns against you, and you know that its "not as bad as it seems" but yet you can not break free of the crippling sadness that holds you in place....
Apache Moon - short story
First I must premise this by saying it is an LGBTQ+ story. It is not graphic. But a story none the less. I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think.Apache Moon by Michael PetersonBack then the love between same-sex people was taboo and almost outlawed. One could be beaten to death or tried for crimes that we're not committed simply under the suggestion of a sexual perversion. For those of us...
The Waiting Room - short story
The Waiting Room by Michael PetersonIt was a fun, beautiful summer day. My friend Stephine and I were driving along. Listening to music, laughing, and just enjoying life. In love with life but not each other. A rare platonic relationship between a man and woman. We were goofy and silly. People always made the assumption that we were together. But she had a husband and kids, and I had a proclivity...
The Screaming Forest
The Screaming Forest by Michael PetersonIn a land enveloped by darkness stands a forest that the people of the land stay far from. They say it was cursed by dark magics long ago. An army of twelve thousand soldiers, were commanded by King Rhinehart to invade the neighboring kingdom of Drask. The Draskan people heard of this invasion that was to come from Rhienhurst and sent their army of twelve...