LANCE GALLUP

August 30: Day One

Posted on August 30, 2019

Jackson is gone. He was awake this morning when T came downstairs but his breathing was labored, deep and slow and he passed just before 8a. T came upstairs and...

on the passing of a friend, 2019

Posted on August 30, 2019

by Lance

I lost my best friend two mornings ago...

grief journal – why?

Posted on August 30, 2019

by Lance

I’ve decided to try to keep a very loose day-by-day “grief journal” of my loss. One of the things I immediately did when Jackson passed was to look for some...

the great equalizer

Posted on August 15, 2019

by Lance

For most of my life I've been involved in musical creativity - making my own, and trying to be aware of what others are creating as well. Since the advent...

an uneasy circle of combatantswicked blades at the readystand poker faced staringcutthroat into cold eyes bland words, empty and pointlessbut carefully chosenmask heightened sensesthey are birds of prey circlingwatching for weaknesspredatory...

2 am

Posted on August 10, 2019

by Lance

2 am soft whirring of the ceiling fan only crickets hold the silence at bay in the darkness outside the faint yellow light leaking from the kitchen window. unmindful, night moves toward morning, August toward September, as if...

A Vampire’s View

Posted on May 20, 2019

by Lance

The vampire doesn't often look in mirrors but happened to idly glance in one that morning. He didn't like who he saw. It couldn't have been his reflection… he's giving...

Messy

Posted on May 4, 2019

by Lance

Hebrews 10:25 exhorts believers to "forsake not the assembling of yourselves together". I've always heard this verse used for scolding a person who isn't attending church regularly. But is that...