Where has the time gone?
Pretending to be What We Are
by Steve Comer
1y ago
I wonder if anyone is still out there? It has been nearly a year and a half since I have published an essay, and I hope that will change starting next Monday. But today, I will say a few words about why I stopped and … Continue readingWhere has the time gone ..read more
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Learned It From You
Pretending to be What We Are
by Steve Comer
1y ago
The concern that I had in my last posting, that I had entered a depression cycle proved to be mostly true. For a handful of weeks now I have been in a low-grade depression that at times for spells of a couple days here and … Continue readingLearned It From You ..read more
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A Trip To Say Goodbye
Pretending to be What We Are
by Steve Comer
1y ago
A little over a year ago, I got a phone call with the news that my grandpa’s daughter had passed away. (That might sound confusing but my grandparents are not blood relatives, they are just friends of the family that were always grandparents to me … Continue readingA Trip To Say Goodbye ..read more
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A Few Happenings
Pretending to be What We Are
by Steve Comer
1y ago
Since the holiday was on Monday, I didn’t want to post a normal weekly essay. So, I decided to put together a couple smaller ideas into this and post it on a Thursday instead. A normal weekly essay will be published on Monday at the … Continue readingA Few Happenings ..read more
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A Quick Thank You
Pretending to be What We Are
by Steve Comer
1y ago
The month of July and so far in August have been the only time since I started this blog (with two exceptions) that more than half of the visitors to this site have been new instead of returning. Usually the traffic here is about 70% … Continue readingA Quick Thank You ..read more
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Thestral
Pretending to be What We Are
by Steve Comer
1y ago
I had gotten a phone call around lunch time, from my sister. The hospice nurse was there and had told everyone that there wasn’t much time left, maybe 12 hours, maybe less. She told me not to hurry over but that I should plan on … Continue readingThestral ..read more
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We Are, Aren’t We
Pretending to be What We Are
by Steve Comer
1y ago
Some of you may have made the literary connection between the title of this blog “Pretending to be What We Are” and a very famous quote from a very famous book by a very famous author; Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night, “We are what we pretend … Continue readingWe Are, Aren’t We ..read more
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Fifteen
Pretending to be What We Are
by Steve Comer
1y ago
This coming Friday, on July 5th, will mark 15 years since my mom died. It seems impossible for it to have been that long. It almost feels as if she died just a few months before my dad did. I worked that morning and I … Continue readingFifteen ..read more
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Routine
Pretending to be What We Are
by Steve Comer
1y ago
I have developed a nice little Sunday morning routine. Every Sunday I drive out to the cemetery to spend some time with my dad. I have only missed twice, and I have gone on a different day a couple times, and I have gone a … Continue readingRoutine ..read more
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Back to the Action
Pretending to be What We Are
by Steve Comer
1y ago
Hello there! I have not published an essay since April 1st, sorry about that. I promise that I will begin my regular weekly publishing beginning on Monday June 24th. I have never run this blog as the sort of ‘day in the life’ style that … Continue readingBack to the Action ..read more
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