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I am Fury, and Texas is an Asshole

June 20, 2022 Today I am fury. I don’t feel fury. I am not furious. I fucking am fury!             Today my Mom is still dead, Day 32, and I hate God. That is to say, I would hate God, if I believed in him—or her—or them, which actually makes the most sense if you […]

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My Mom Just Died: How to Grieve like a Boss

Feisty Quill rides the waves of grief, and she’ll show YOU how to do it, too.

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Family Serious

Paying the Fiddler: Losing a Parent

“Didn’t anybody ever tell you, Annie? When you dance you pay the man who plays the tune?” Larry Gatlin, 1973 Penny Annie was a Larry Gatlin song from the 1973 album “The Pilgrim.” I remember dancing to it, over and over, both when I was quite new on this earth and later, when I was […]