The Hermit's Lamp

Light enough for the next footfall


  • A Letter to Megyn Kelly

    No continuation of “the road so far” today. Just gotta get something off my chest. I had a hard time falling asleep last night, ruminating about something really dumb. But it got under my skin apparently. So here I am. I try to follow my all-time favorite YouTuber’s lead and stay as disconnected as possible…

  • Hindsight and the Big Tool

    Well, I didn’t think this would happen so quickly. But here we are. Time to go back and talk about the big incident that got me and my partner fired last October. Reason being, during my quiet time and Tarot reading this morning, a bolt of lightning hit my brain. I have my perspective shifted…

  • That kid!!

    In 2021, when I took the job at the AmVets, I was also very actively looking for a new place to live. Very actively. My credit came into question. For me. I hadn’t looked in years. The life that I had over the last several years, made me think I was unfixable. Any dreams I…

  • Time to regroup…

    The sickening pit in my stomach was easy enough to ignore most days. I’m at a new place. It’s brand new and really felt great being a part of a new project. Lots of buzz about the new bar, the new owner, etc. Small town livin’, that’s all pretty exciting stuff. Rumors, gossip, curiosity, all…

  • It’ll be better at the next job…

    This isn’t an account of my road to sobriety. I have days when I feel like that is a sidenote. I mean, not quite, but a little. Hindsight, and all. You get it. If the Universe is Mr. Miyagi, then sobriety is the “wax on, wax off”. I won’t see until later that it was…

  • Let’s go back…

    I stopped drinking. April 30, 2022. I didn’t take shots at work or take my shifter home that night. I had no plan. Zero plan. I was a daily drinker. And, as a bartender in a very lax environment, it was not only overlooked but, encouraged by most members and leaders in the club. I…

  • The Hermit’s Lamp

    No story ever really starts at the beginning. And seeing as how beginning is my biggest challenge, let’s start with yesterday. There is a long and wild, winding road to yesterday. Every step along the way seems to be a story all its own. This one in particular is a story of progress, self-awareness, and…

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