Time slows as I watch myself convulse and scream....

I turn the key over and over in my hand as possibilities turn over in my mind. The felt shape of the key seems to match the visual memory of the shackle. The key is...

It seems like our mentality is frozen in this country. There can be no progression in certain areas. A voluntary deafness has preceded an unwillingness to change. We the people are listening to “some people”...

Memorial Day- what does it mean to you? What should it mean? Do we Celebrate it, Honor people on it, or Memorialize them? Maybe we should crack open a beer, grill a steak, and celebrate...

Wait, who’s Ben? The name is close- is it mine? Is it my son’s? A best friend’s? I’m caught in the cycle of this thought repeating and it’s growing more crowded with further questions of...

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I had spent so much time away from my family deployed and training but I still felt as though I needed to get away. My wife asked me to write about it, explain it. Why,...

He takes the two steel cups and fills them both from the same bottle, pushing one half way across the table to me. Assuming he wants me to drink, I retrieve it, raising the glass...

Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians are specially trained to deal with disarming and disposing of high explosive devices and other types of ordnance, including nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. National EOD Day (The first Saturday in...

There are too many projects started but not completed and I'd be embarrassed to list them all. I feel like I chase squirrels all day. ...

Food again: a jerky like piece of red meat and boiled potatoes. Two bottles of water this time and I’m careful not to repeat my previous mistake. When they came with it, I tried to...

This blog post is not to be confused with the article “Corona Conspiracies” which was published April 13th by the National Review. In it, author Andrew Stuttaford lists the various theories of the virus’s origin...

It only takes a few moments to be dragged back to my cell. Thankfully they locked the crook of their elbows into my armpits because my wrists are both raw. Unfortunately it also kept me...

< previous I don’t want to turn around. I expect to see or hear something but I don’t. Anxiety mounts and causes one side of the internal argument to win. I turn my head but...

Previous: Prison of the Mind 1 I open my eyes but it’s still dark. There’s some ambient light from the window so it’s not causing panic at the moment. My body is stiff on the...