by Ira | Sep 19, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
My little brother Russell died in a car crash 8 years ago today. I remember exactly where I was standing when I heard the news. I had just come out of the bathroom at Maggiano’s, and my mom had left me message saying that I needed to call home. I did, and she...
by Ira | Nov 24, 2013 | Challenge, Journal
This seems to be such a prescient issue for myself and so many people I know, right now. And perhaps that presumptuous to say, so let me amend the statement and say that it’s a subject that, at the very least, is very present in my life, currently. I realized...
by Ira | Nov 8, 2013 | Challenge, Journal
The beard is out of control. This! This is what happens, people, when you work from home! Back when I was working at the good ol’ Lasagna Barn every day, I had to keep that ish under control. Not anymore, and it’s just whiskers and red spikeyness...