Tag Archives: grief

The Clairvoyant Cashier

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Ryn PB

Ernest Kowalski just wanted to pick up some potatoes for his pierogis, but Ziggy’s market was closed on Sundays. Two of his daughters and their kids were coming for dinner that night, so after Mass he’d ventured out to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories | Tagged aging, anxiety, brain, cashier, clairvoyance, class, community, death, elderly, esp, family, family stories, fiancee, grief, groceries, grocery, LGBT, LGBT+, life lessons, marriage, mind, neighborhood, old man, polish, psychic, queer lit, shopping, store, sunday, voodoo, wife, writing | Leave a comment

December 2020: How I’m closing out the year with hope, easy reading, and a Match.com ad

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Ryn PB

What I Got: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern A Book of One’s Own: People and Their Diaries by Thomas Mallon A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by Adrian Conan … Continue reading →

Posted in new era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged anxiety, books, books about music, charles dickens, christmas, death, depression, erin morgenstern, graphic memoir, graphic novels, grief, holidays, lemony snicket, LGBT, lgbt lit, mental health, mystery books, nick and norah's infinite playlist, phantom of the opera, queer lit, reading, series of unfortunate events, the starless sea, zines | Leave a comment

The Mini Apocalypses in My Life: How I’m watching doors close around me with no way to open them back up … yet

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Ryn PB

CW: mentions of suicidal ideation, fatphobia, transphobia, JK Rowling, depression, anxiety My life has been full of endings lately. And the unsettling part is that these endings haven’t been followed by new beginnings. I’m stuck in place while things I … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era | Tagged anxiety, apocalypse, bookstore, chosen family, colorado, depression, doctor who, endings, found family, graduation, grief, grishaverse, harry potter, hydra monster, indie bookstore, jackson bird, jk rowling, job, john green, LGBT+, loss, pandemic, podcasts, quarantine, safe space, school, six of crows, spider-man, spidey, trans, trans experience, transphobia, unemployment, work | Leave a comment

Stories are the Cure: How I’m embracing and facing my anger

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Ryn PB

There is a sticker on the lefthand corner of my laptop, below the keyboard I am typing this on, that says, “You got this.” It is slowly peeling away, curling up, to leave only the white background the words had … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT+, mental health, new era | Tagged airplane, airport, anger, anxiety, death, depression, grief, hannah gadsby, honesty, LGBT+, loss, mental health, nanette, queer, relapse, self harm, stories, transphobia, trauma, travel, trigger warning, truth, tsa, tw, writing | Leave a comment