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Kelly and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good but Also Really Great Day
Kelly: I woke one morning, eyes bloodshot and wanting to tell the world to fuck off. Captain Grief (CG): Oh strong start, you got this. Kelly: Thanks. Over my yogurt and granola the littlest Ginger came upstairs by himself, got under the blanket and let me smooch and hug him to my heart’s delight! CG: Gross…but…
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I <3 Angry Superheroes
I want to have a few words about why anger is necessary, why I needed to be angry when my wife died. Why I needed Captain Grief to be angry on my blog and now memoir and why I ❤ angry superheroes. Not everyone does, anger can be uncomfortable but it’s only negative until you…
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Kickstarter Kicked Off!
So Excited! On November 11, 2023 on the 11 year anniversary of my wife’s passing I have opened a Kickstarter to fund the self-publication of my memoir “The High-Flying Adventures of Captain Grief!” Go crazy peeps, check out the page. Take a gander at the amazing and fun rewards we are offering for donations! I…
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Kickstart my Campaign to Self-Publish The High-Flying Adventures of Captain Grief
It is no secret that I have been angling towards something bigger and after many years I have found a hybrid publisher. I will be working with Iguana Publishing to crowd fun and raise the money to publish my blog which has become a memoir called The High-Flying Adventures of Captain Grief. I welcome any…
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Reflections and Pumpkins
There is a specific kind of loss for me in the fall, an especially heavy kind weighted with longing. For those who knew Kara and I this is the time of year that Kara passed the incubation period of blastomycosis (the toxic mould that killed her) and began her slow decline. By Halloween she was…
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If Wonder Woman Had Grief Brain
Kelly: I realized something lately. Captain Grief: You don’t say (yawning.) That perhaps you have been dragging your ass a wee bit on our blog? Kelly: Hey life happens! Kara’s birthday was on August 23, she would have been 46. I always find myself avoiding FaceBook around that time. Captain Grief: Ah…..that was like a…
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Just Another Day
Today began like any other day. Things to do, kids to watch, stuff to cook except this is not just another day. Remember the band Extreme? The song “Hole Hearted” and the lyric “there’s a hole in my heart that can only be filled by you?” Well after 14 years these are the days where…
The High-Flying Adventures of Captain Grief 