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Elegy For A Stranger

Elegy For A Stranger

Posted on September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Author chrisPosted in About Life & Other Random Thoughts1 Reply

I recently read the news that a woman in a nearby town had passed earlier this year and it produced a moment of sadness as I remembered her.  Truth is, I didn’t know Alice well at all. Aside from one or two conversations, we were strangers to each other. But I remember those conversations, well,…

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Rapidly “Fall-ing”

Rapidly “Fall-ing”

Posted on September 5, 2025September 6, 2025Author chrisPosted in About Life & Other Random Thoughts2 Replies

According to at least some meteorologists, we are in for a colder than usual autumn this year. Waking up to temps in the high thirties and low forties makes that easy to believe. Even as I sit here writing this, it’s a little after one o’clock and it’s sixty two degrees outside. The temperature isn’t…

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Vicennial

Vicennial

Posted on July 27, 2025July 27, 2025Author chrisPosted in About Life & Other Random Thoughts3 Replies

( vaɪˈsɛniəl ) adjective – lasting twenty years 2025 marks my twentieth year in the band Kilrush. Now, right up front I will concede that there were times where I thought I was done with it and I wasn’t out playing with them. But even during those periods of what I call “my hiatus” I…

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Summertime Memories

Summertime Memories

Posted on July 17, 2025July 17, 2025Author chrisPosted in About Life & Other Random ThoughtsLeave a Reply

Working in the world of education, even on the fringe like I do, has its advantages, one of them being summer vacation. While we have the option to work during the summer, this year finds me taking the time off instead. And it finds me thinking of things to do for the next two months…

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The Little Barbershop On The Corner

The Little Barbershop On The Corner

Posted on June 20, 2025June 20, 2025Author chrisPosted in About Life & Other Random ThoughtsLeave a Reply

I don’t think I have ever mentioned it, but in “real life” I am a school bus driver. It’s a great gig that not only allows me to help pay the bills around here but also allows for plenty of free time for other endeavors such as writing, music, etc.  It also allows for me…

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June 2, 2025

June 2, 2025

Posted on June 2, 2025June 2, 2025Author chrisPosted in About Life & Other Random ThoughtsLeave a Reply

Today, June 2nd, marks five years since I released my first book, In Times of Trouble. The world was definitely a different place back in 2020. We were living in the shadow of a pandemic that would not only prove to be a great challenge to us as individuals, but also as a nation. Although…

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The Old Man Told Me

The Old Man Told Me

Posted on March 27, 2025August 20, 2025Author chrisPosted in About Life & Other Random Thoughts5 Replies

Once upon a time, when I was still a paramedic and we’d just finished a particularly unusual call, I remarked to the E.R. doctor that someday I was going to write a book about what it’s like in that world. “Honey, they’ll never believe it,” she said. And I know now that she was right.…

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Chris’s Picks For Post-Apocalyptic Reading Fun

Chris’s Picks For Post-Apocalyptic Reading Fun

Posted on February 27, 2025August 20, 2025Author chrisPosted in About Life & Other Random ThoughtsLeave a Reply

I don’t just write post-apocalyptic fiction, I’m also an avid reader. And by “avid” I mean that I read a lot of it. I’m not entirely sure what draws me to the genre so much. Perhaps in part it’s because one gets to imagine mankind living outside of what is considered “normal.” You know, the…

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An Open Letter To The Class Of ’23 ( And Those To Follow )

An Open Letter To The Class Of ’23 ( And Those To Follow )

Posted on June 25, 2023June 7, 2025Author chrisPosted in About Life & Other Random ThoughtsLeave a Reply

For the past several years I’ve considered writing an open letter to the graduating class of each June, but never got around to it. As graduation loomed closer for our oldest son I thought about it more. That was in 2020, and we know too well what a shit show that year ended up being.…

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Memorable Album Covers

Memorable Album Covers

Posted on June 25, 2023Author chrisPosted in About Life & Other Random ThoughtsLeave a Reply

I don’t know what got me thinking about this, perhaps it comes from reading GiddyUpAmerica by Ryan O’Connell. But instead of some of the other ideas I’ve intended to write about, I decided to do something a little lighter and write about some of my personal favorite album covers. Until recently, it was a long…

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