No less a legend than Dylan Thomas once wrote that "there is no gaiety so gay as the gaiety of grief." When I learned that a man...

I recently deleted a couple of blog entries that were just too depressing (read: too real). I badly needed a distraction, so I decided to w...

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, though almost nobody knows about it or pays much attention. For the most part, the best su...

Glen Allen remembered in his own words Blogger's note.  Tomorrow, September 10, is World Suicide Prevention Day, though it see...

Glen Allen remembered in his own words Blogger's note. I happened upon this, as so often is the case, while looking for so...

Below is a reprint of a piece I wrote in 2005. I could not believe it was that long ago: I thought it was maybe a couple of years. I lost a ...