A hole that can’t be filled

33 years ago today, my mom took her own life. She was an amazing woman, and a force of nature. My life has been forever shaped not only in an homage to her, but also in the gut-wrenching never-ending ache from the hole she left behind. i realized recently, that in 2 years, I will […]

The Ides of March

“Well, the Ides of March are come,” said Caesar; and the seer said to him softly: “Ay, they are come, but they are not gone.”
Previous to Bill’s rendering of Caesar’s demise, the Ides were simply the 15th or 13th of the month, but the soothsayer’s infamous words “Beware the Ides of March” have changed the meaning for us forever.