Category Archives: Sayonara, San Diego

I had to say goodbye to San Diego.

“Snow is falling / it’s a capital C”

Posted on 12/15/2017 by ericmcclanahan

I’m in New Jersey set to celebrate an early Christmas with the in-laws, and it’s a White Christmas, at that.

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“Now I’m picturing us opening up wide / Drinking down our days in haze and bliss”

Posted on 01/24/2017 by ericmcclanahan

I have been unable to feel as of late. Or I have been unaware of how I feel. And not for lack of trying, mind you. I am asked frequently, and before I offer a knee-jerk canned response, I ask … Continue reading →

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Now the page is soaked with tears / flipping backwards through the years / how I wish that you were here

Posted on 12/23/2016 by ericmcclanahan

I made the mistake tonight of looking through old photographs. It started as a moving exercise, a chance to declutter some more stuff as we prepare to move across the nation. Then I got the brilliant idea to shove a … Continue reading →

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“I just want to scream ‘Hello! My God, it’s been so long / never dreamed you’d return!'”

Posted on 12/15/2016 by ericmcclanahan

The past six months have been a wavering line of uncertainty, peaks and valleys that undulated through space and time, and soon (in less than one month) that line will end… …and resume 1500 miles east of here. After 14 … Continue reading →

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