Category Archives: Salted Truths

Bonding Part One: Two Choices She Made That Made Me

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Gabriel...

Even though I lived with her, I didn’t know who my Mother was until I was eight-years old. That was one of the main rules of the Commune / Collective / Cult I grew up in: the kids are everyone’s … Continue reading →

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A mostly rhetorical question regarding the sanctity of marriage

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Gabriel...

(b) Marriage is inherently a unique relationship between a man and a woman. As a matter of public policy, this state [Alabama] has a special interest in encouraging, supporting, and protecting this unique relationship in order to promote, among other … Continue reading →

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Drinking water from a tin cup

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Gabriel...

I love drinking cold water from a tin cup. One afternoon, when I was ten or eleven, my grandfather took my brother and I on a walk into the thick forest down the slope away from the farm house. He … Continue reading →

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Okay

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Gabriel...

There are no absolutes in blogging. You can start a blog about knitting then, three months later, add a regular feature about Norwegian Death Metal. Not a big deal, because it’s your blog and it’s free and, really, why the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Salted Truths | 22 Comments

Friday Conversations With My Psychiatrist

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Gabriel...

I’ve learned a great deal in my discussions with my psychiatrist. Which is good, because we’ve been meeting regularly for four years now… mostly for an hour every second Friday afternoon. So it occurred to me after a meeting last … Continue reading →

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Setting Fire To My Father’s Paper Trail

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Gabriel...

“…my father believed he was a great man who was in the middle of a great revolution, and things get sacrificed during revolutions. Like family…. The truth is pretty simple, however, my father told lies that corrupted and nearly killed … Continue reading →

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