Notes from the Hill

September 2026

What is Eternal?

What part of us survives when everything else falls away?

Sep 27 • Notes from the Hill

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The Bad Influence

A conversation I overheard as a kid—and the sentence I’ve been trying to understand for almost fifty years.

Sep 24 • Notes from the Hill

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August 2026

Nothing Is Ever That Cut and Dried

Thoughts on injustice, retirement, independence, grief, and the impossibility of finding balance.

Aug 14 • Notes from the Hill

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July 2026

Do You Still Believe in Love?

On “Gold Dust Woman,” shattered illusions, and why I still believe...

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Welcome to Notes from the Hill

Grief, family, dogs, work, faith, revenge fantasies, and the (not-so) occasional wasabi pea.

Jul 20 • Notes from the Hill

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Five Stones Away

Uncle Paul wanted a funeral. Somehow, he ended up beside my mother.

Jul 9 • Notes from the Hill

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Rest Easy, Uncle Paul

The last of my mother's brothers...

Jul 4 • Notes from the Hill

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June 2026

The Tax Returns and the Limo

I thought I was just doing a temp job. Years later, I understand what room I had been sent into.

Jun 21

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Forty-Five Seconds

A beach, a sparkler, and forty-five seconds to remember everything...

Jun 20 • Notes from the Hill

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Does Anyone Know How to Let It Go?

On forgiveness, old wounds, two-step verification, and the people who don’t even say goodbye.

Jun 17 • Notes from the Hill

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The Ugly Parts

On being loved before I knew how to believe it...

Jun 2 • Notes from the Hill

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