by Monk Anchorwind | 18 Jan, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, Generally speaking, I try to reflect upon the content of my character every MLK day. Yesterday, I wanted to write a piece about another MLK quote, “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of...
by Monk Anchorwind | 16 Jul, 2021 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, Conventional wisdom says never to meet your heroes. How often do we stop to ponder why? The obvious answer is likely because we would somehow be disappointed. We would learn of mistakes our heroes have made and would see them differently or come to an...
by Monk Anchorwind | 8 Mar, 2021 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, …When Issues Collide Dear Diary, I’ve been adrift in space for a long time. Year in and year out, I haven’t had people walk this journey with me, and it’s been depressing figuring out so much by myself. While I ultimately...
by Monk Anchorwind | 26 Feb, 2021 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, Forgiving Ourselves for Demonstrating a Lack of Mastery (the death of rush limbaugh) Dear Diary, Rush Limbaugh died recently, and I allowed myself to become swept up in it for a bit. Despite his evil and damaging legacy, other people wanted to...
by Monk Anchorwind | 2 Nov, 2020 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, unfortunately, writing has been almost impossible lately. For people on the outside looking in, allow me to give a bit of insight. With my mental limitations, it is extraordinarily difficult, if not practically impossible, to pre-plan my writings with...
by Monk Anchorwind | 26 Aug, 2020 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, Passion Pulls Me From The Path I failed yet again. While my heart was in the right place, I also went about it erroneously. The 2016 Election season sent me down a dark path, and I told myself I was not going to let myself do it again in 2020. Here I...
by Monk Anchorwind | 18 Jul, 2020 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, No News is Good News – Unless You Want Some This morning I was called a war criminal again. The person who made the accusation doesn’t know me or my history, but just with the vaguest of associations was able to judge me guilty of an...
by Monk Anchorwind | 13 Jun, 2020 | Dear Diary |
Just hours ago, I wrote about being held captive within my mind. I was mindful of my situation but understood I was hurting and did not now to begin healing alone. I was outnumbered and could have used some reinforcements. As if it was the perilous climactic scene...
by Monk Anchorwind | 15 May, 2020 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary: The Dark Night of the Soul I’ve been under the weather lately. In our current circumstance, it could have meant any number of things from momentary to permanent. Yesterday, I spent the day watching a cooking show and eating a simple bowl of beans...
by Monk Anchorwind | 5 May, 2020 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, What are my motivations? What are my motivations for doing anything? Where is the line between finding encouragement in others, and laboring for it? Wherever that line is, so much of what I do crossed it a long time ago. I think about my music, for...
