Picture, if you will, the sun-drenched shores of the Aegean, where the cradle of civilization nurtured legends beyond reckoning. It is here, upon the island of Crete, that our journey commences. The Labyrinth in Greek Mythology, with its name that echoes through time like a haunting refrain, finds its birth in the fertile mind of …

So if you need a refresher, the links to all the posts in the series are above. In the last post, I told you about my interesting apartment search and Carol’s use and theft of Al’s toiletry items. The summer between my sophomore and junior year of college was fairly uneventful. I worked as a …

Last week, we made the excruciating decision to put our dog out of her misery. She had aspiration pneumonia and an underlying condition called megaesophagus. The vet told us she was suffering, and even if we could cure her pneumonia (which was unlikely), there was a high probability that the pneumonia would come back. The …