Red Puffy Jacket

Rudy Martinez May 6, 2019 No Comments
Being back home I find my brain taking me back to little moments on our recent trip. TGB’s retirement tour 2019. The boy on a field trip with his class…
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Six Years

Rudy Martinez January 14, 2019 No Comments
I might finally have enough internet to get back to this regularly. I have a lot of thoughts, but today I am fixated on the one thing: sobriety. Six years…
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I Guess I Was Off By One Day

Rudy Martinez December 18, 2018 No Comments
Yesterday I posted that it was the four year anniversary of us closing on Chez Martinez – our home in Mexico Beach. Facebook just reminded me that today is the…
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The storm has passed

Rudy Martinez October 25, 2018 No Comments
Apparently we’ve had some weather in Mexico Beach. Our house is standing, but it is battered and bruised. I like to think Chez Martinez whispered to Hurricane Michael, do your…
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Everything has chains

Rudy Martinez August 16, 2018 No Comments
That ^ guy     My best friend is cooler than yours. My best friend took me to see Pearl Jam. In Seattle. Your argument is invalid. I went into the…
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I was just thinking

Rudy Martinez July 13, 2018 No Comments
I met a young airman yesterday. He has two dogs and two cats but, he wants a lot more. He casually mentioned that his husband won’t let him get more…
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Thoughts after another suicide

Rudy Martinez June 8, 2018 No Comments
It’s a weird thing, suicide. It’s like you decide, okay, this is where my story ends. And then the rest of the world you built gets to clean up the…
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I Should Have Listened to My Old Man

Rudy Martinez May 4, 2018 No Comments
As with most interesting stories in my childhood, this one begins with My Uncle Charlie. My Uncle Charlie is a title. My Uncle Charlie Anyway, he was a big Elton…
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