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P.J. Powell

Singing for you during the pandemic

One of my lifelong music friends made a request to me and a subset of our high school choir friends: a mutual friend is awfully ill....

P.J. Powell

Santa’s 2017 might look worse than yours

You think the holidays are over, but we are smack in the middle of a holiday crisis. I debated whether or not to bring it up, because, my...

P.J. Powell

You say dead squirrel / I say zombies

And I have to say, I’m a little scared. My first thought was that it could be the wood under our little portable AC unit. We put it up...

P.J. Powell

Cat Mom of the year? Outlook hazy…

I spent a significant portion of my childhood longing to be loved by cats. After a number of years of failed attempts, my dream has come...

P.J. Powell

1,000 Ways to Eat Garbage

But the bottom line is that eventually you’re going to ask to help get dinner ready, and I’m going to ask you to chop vegetables, and my...

P.J. Powell

The home improvement superiority complex

There is a cruel, unintentional , sort-of-boring peer pressure that goes with home ownership. The particular aspect of this peer pressure...