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The Estate Sale — Seeing the Best & Worst of Humanity

I’ve been to the abyss — I’m here to tell the tale

6 min readDec 13, 2023

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Black Bear

A Well-Meaning Therapist Kept Me Suicidal With This One Phrase

Latching onto the wrong info extended my dark night of the soul

7 min readMay 1, 2024

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The Taoist Online

When Nature is Your Church

Where I’ve had my God-moments

6 min readDec 18, 2023

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The Penny Pub

Living 25 Years Without A Real Job?

I’m not affluent, but I feel wealthy

6 min readMar 25, 2024

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Human Parts

Age 11 — Grandpa Turned Me Gay

The innocent allure of International Male magazine

5 min readJan 29, 2024

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In Living Color

Would You Have Wasted Film on Colorful & Quirky Oddities Before?

Thanks to digital, the funky and unusual is always documented

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Today’s the 3rd Anniversary of My ‘Return’ After a Mental Health Drama

Lessons learned, the silver linings, the continued journey

11 min read2 days ago

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A Sister’s War Memoir Brought An Unexpected Friendship to My Life

A Vietnam tale that opened my mind and touched my heart

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Worried You’re the Boring Friend? It May Be Your Superhero Power

You have the traits the world may be looking for and needing

4 min read5 days ago

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All 9 Supreme Court Justices Are Women — Now What?

Oh how I hope things would change for the better

6 min readMay 12, 2024

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Joe Guay - Dispatches From the Guay Life!

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Joe Guay, a recovering people-pleaser, is an essayist, actor/voiceover guy with musings on mental health, LGBTQ, humor and travel & nature as church

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