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Daddy Ate My Pop-Tarts

And he has no regrets

6 min read5 days ago

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Homemade strawberry pop-tart pastries with sprinkles alongside two strawberries

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Listen to Your Mom. Don’t Talk on the Phone During a Thunderstorm

A scene as depicted from the mid-1990s

4 min readMay 7, 2024

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Two giant bolts of lightning strike down from the night’s sky over a nearby residence

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Self, Meet No-Self

What our inner voice can teach us about the Buddhist concept of anatta, impermanence, and the interconnectedness of all things

16 min readMar 19, 2024

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Self-portrait of the author in pencil, ink, and watercolor. There are two images of him in the sketch mirroring one another. He is wearing a baseball cap, glasses, and has a beard.

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This Is How I Know My Wife Is a Better Person Than I Am

The ‘Tire Spike Strip’ Philosophy

8 min readFeb 16, 2024

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A pencil sketch drawing of a man wearing a hat with a speech bubble next to him that says, “I’m having vengeful thoughts.” Beside the man is his wife with a speech bubble that says in response, “Is it about tire spike strips again?”

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Do You Not Know How Beautiful You Are?

Young love, anorexia, and marriage

12 min readFeb 11, 2024

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A black and white photo of my wife who once battled the eating disorder anorexia. To her left and right are distorted images. This photo is of her before she began fighting for her life against the disease.

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This Seated Chair Workout Is Kicking My Butt Sideways

I had no idea what was in store for me

5 min readMay 4, 2024

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Two lightweight dumbbells and an elastic workout band with handles

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In Which I Reluctantly Put a Spoonful of Sour Cream in My Soup

…and have a flashback to the infamous “Larry at the Lunch Table” incident from elementary school

6 min readMay 2, 2024

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A drawing done in Sketchbook Pro of a sour cream container. The sour cream container is branded “Yucky Sour Cream” with the tagline: Gross and Disgusting. Art by Jeffrey Pillow

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My Mom Once Tried to Levitate in Our Backyard

She didn’t succeed

11 min readMar 30, 2024

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Man levitates a few feet off the ground with his hands in his pocket because that’s the secret sauce

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The Curious Case of the Half-Blind Squirrel

My theory on how my backyard buddy Kurt Russell lost his eyeball

8 min readMar 27, 2024

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A half-blind Eastern Gray squirrel sits on the lower support beam of a picnic table. The author has bestowed the nickname Kurt Russell to this particular squirrel, named after the Snake Plissken character in Escape from New York

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The Eye Test of Middle Age

You know middle age is fast approaching when your eyesight starts going to hell in a hand-basket

8 min readMar 11, 2024

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A humorous take on the classic eye chart at the optometrist’s office. This version says, “I have no idea what this says. You have to be kidding me, right?”

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Jeffrey Pillow

Jeffrey Pillow

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Essays and poetry on life, nature, and creativity. Author of The Lady Next Door. Website: jeffreypillow.com

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