living water / haiku

12Aug09

The desert of a
Lonely mind: the Word springs from
Rocks to quench my thirst.
photo: Piulet

Filed under: Jesus, bipolar disorder, haiku   |  Leave a Comment

Being a man of few words

07Jan09

Though I worked until nearly midnight last night and was dog tired, having got three hours of sleep the night before, I tossed for most of my six hours in the sack, trying not to wake my wife and thinking about that blasted NPR story on the “six-word memoir” that one of my Facebook friends posted.
 
I [...]

Filed under: Christianity, Jesus, bipolar disorder, death, memoir, writing   |  1 Comment

“One small step for man…”

07Sep08

She always said, “Don’t walk out five minutes before the miracle happens.”  Harriett (not her real name) was morbidly obese, probably around 300, 350, and she drove a yellow Pinto station wagon she’d bought for $200 from a friend in her AA meeting group.  Her husband, after they had divorced, had been executed for a [...]

Filed under: AA, bipolar disorder, depression, psychosis   |  1 Comment

Blackbird

02Jul08

There was a very large black man in the hospital room I was to share when I was admitted the second time for having a psychotic break, in 1995.  I had been told by a friend from church that I had nothing to worry about going to Georgia Regional that – really… – everything would [...]

Filed under: Georgia Regional Hospital, bipolar disorder   |  Leave a Comment

“the darkness is my closest friend”

22Apr08

Sunday the boys and I went to the “River Run” playground.  All the places have names now, so our circuit is usually River Run, Hippo (adjacent to about 91st Street), Spector (85th and Central Park West), and Diana Ross (CPW and 81st).  Ours is just inside the entrance to Riverside Park at 83rd Street.
 
This is [...]

Filed under: Upper West Side, bipolar disorder, children, family   |  1 Comment