In Which I Reluctantly Put a Spoonful of Sour Cream in My Soup Drawing by Jeffrey Pillow Post date March 21, 2024 Tags childhood, family, food, humor, life, memoir, personal essay, soup
Self, Meet No-Self Self-portrait in pencil, ink, and watercolor by Jeffrey Pillow Post date March 13, 2024 Tags buddhism, grief, life, mental health, philosophy, psychology
Slammed Fingers, South Boston Speedway, and Straw Hats Richard Petty's No. 43 race car. Sketch by Jeffrey Pillow Post date March 6, 2024 Tags childhood, interview, life, memoir, south boston speedway
Game. Set. Match What the tennis ball looked like when Allison hit it across the net. Pencil drawing by Jeffrey Pillow Post date February 17, 2024 Tags humor, life, marriage, memoir, relationships, tennis
A Love Story for Valentine’s Day I told Allison I was going to get this tattoo on my bicep. Art by Jeffrey Pillow Post date February 12, 2024 Tags buddhism, life, love, marriage, mental health, valentines day
Even an Old Dog Can Loon New Tricks Just your normal request while hiking to the base of a waterfall. Photo by Jeffrey Pillow Post date February 5, 2024 Tags concussion, essay, family, humor, life
Harold the Bully Harold the Bully. Art by Jeffrey Pillow Post date January 23, 2024 Tags buddhism, bullying, childhood, life, life lessons
I Know You Can’t Live Forever but When You’re Ready, I’ll Be Here My dog, Motzie, with the best seat in the house at the end of a pier overlooking a lake on one of our walks. Photo by Jeffrey Pillow. All rights reserved Post date January 8, 2024 Tags dogs, essay, family, life, personal essay, pets, seizure
Walking as a Physical Activity Is Crazy Underrated and You Should Be Doing It More Walking with my kids back when they were little bitties. A couple of funny things that struck me in this photo is I am walking while chewing gum and I have a Bandaid on my neck for some reason. Post date January 5, 2024 Tags fitness, health, life, mental health, outdoors, physical health, walking
Seeing an Old Friend Is Good for the Soul Left to right: My sister Jennifer, me, Robbie, Courtney, Allison, and my niece Ivy photobombing us in the middle :) December 23, 2023. Post date December 24, 2023 Tags childhood, christmas, essay, family, friends, friendship, holidays, life, merry christmas
How I Got Out of Wrapping Christmas Presents This Year I sure as heck didn't wrap these. It's a stock photo meant to shame me. Photo by Mel Poole on Unsplash Post date December 20, 2023 Tags christmas, christmas story, essay, family, holidays, humor, life, writing
The Argument for Christmas Cookies All Year Round Liberate the cookies! Photo by Anshu A on Unsplash Post date December 19, 2023 Tags christmas, christmas cookies, essay, family, holiday, life, opinion, sugar cookie, writing
Your Christmas Story Photo by krakenimages on Unsplash Post date December 18, 2023 Tags christmas, christmas story, family, friends, life, writing
There Are No Perfect Words. There Is No Perfect Circle My son Henry's version of the Peanuts cartoon with Charlie Brown and Snoopy. Drawn in 2020. Post date December 15, 2023 Tags art, creativity, life, personal essay, writing
When Do Spots Begin to Fade? Photo by Noah Smith on Unsplash Post date November 27, 2023 Tags grief, life
One Last Laugh Before the Afterlife I remember both of these fellows named Garland Hyde Hamlett (Sr. and the III) with a smile on their faces Post date October 10, 2023 Tags death, humor, life, personal essay
Give Yourself Grace Buy some mums and give yourself some grace. Photo by Jen Theodore on Unsplash Post date October 9, 2023 Tags grace, life, personal essay
What Do You Remember About Yesterday? Greetings from the trail. Eastern rat snake (black snake). Photo by author (Jeffrey Pillow). Post date September 17, 2023 Tags journal, journaling, life, personal essay, self-improvement, writing
One Song on Repeat for the Rest of Your Life "Iron in the Fire" by Tall Heights Post date September 14, 2023 Tags life, music, personal essay, tall heights
Grief Finds a Way Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash Post date September 13, 2023 Tags grief, life, life lessons, personal essay
The Curious Case of the Half-Blind Squirrel Kurt Russell under the picnic table Post date August 19, 2023 Tags life, nature, outdoors, personal essay, wildlife
Cage Match: Your Dad vs That Famous Person Photo by Martin Martz on Unsplash Post date August 12, 2023 Tags blogging, humor, internet, life, life lessons, quotes
Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary A hummingbird is an ordinary, extraordinary backyard creature Post date July 27, 2023 Tags beauty, happiness, life, life lessons, nature, self improvement