In September 2014, I was diagnosed with stage three cancer, and by the time I was done with two major surgeries and four rounds of intense chemo, my brain was fried. I couldn’t concentrate and was full of fog if I tried. I was starting to work part-time and couldn’t do much before feeling a […]
In September 2014, I was diagnosed with stage three cancer, and by the time I was done with two major surgeries and four rounds of intense chemo, my brain was fried. I couldn’t concentrate and was full of fog if I tried. I was starting to work part-time and couldn’t do much before feeling […]
On February 12th, 1994, I was 17 years old and living in a halfway house in Opelousas, Louisiana, when I decided to do something different. I wasn’t deciding to stay sober for the rest of my life; I didn’t even think I had five years in the future as a certainty. The day before, I […]
In September 2014, I was diagnosed with stage three cancer, and by the time I was done with two major surgeries and four rounds of intense chemo, my brain was fried. I couldn’t concentrate and was full of fog if I tried. I was starting to work part-time and couldn’t do much before feeling a […]
Here is the anniversary post that comes every year: 11 years of davideverettfisher dot com and nine years of my cancer diagnosis. I reflect on my past more than my birthday or AA anniversary. How come me? Next month I will be forty fucking seven years old. I will also visit an oncologist to see […]
In the summer of 2020, I lived with my wife and dog in a cherry orchard on the eastern slope of Mount Hood, and I wrote, drew, and designed a tarot deck. After sketching out the ideas of the cards, I wrote a book that has the Fool’s journey interact with the rest of the […]
It seems that this blog just isn’t putting out the content that I would envision. I sit and stare at walls thinking up great ideas that could someday sit here and entertain my readers, but I won’t stop staring at the wall, I think about how I’m so tired, too sad, or empty to create. […]
I couldn’t find the quote where it says that if you try to protect yourself from sadness you will protect yourself from happiness. This is the perfect quote for where I am today. I sit at the precipice of something amazing and something terrifying. Nicole & I are buying a house here in Providence, Rhode […]
Monday of Labor Day here in Rhode Island became a torrent rain storm that flooded the streets and even demolished a building. The rain was so refreshing after so many days of just hot humidity. It feels like walking through an old oven. Even sitting on the beach, the sun just cooks you and the […]
Tornadoes are touching down, and we are on the top floor. The lightning and thunder are instantaneous. Fear is such a hard feeling to decide whether to give in to it or ignore. If the fear is true, we can die; if the fear is false, we can miss out on living. Sometimes when I […]