by PatrickRamseyLPC | Sep 9, 2016 | Commentary, Prose
The forty or so songs I have on my Spotify playlist help me to get through a long run every morning working toward a 10K race. My body screamed for a break toward the very end of my run, and as I lowered my heart rate and breathing, the late Kurt Cobain...
by PatrickRamseyLPC | Sep 6, 2016 | #Inspire180, Prose
I wrote earlier about my flight from Nantes, France that gave me a sense of freedom hearing the English language. Paris had been a relaxing, fun, adventurous place to visit, but I’d been ready to go back to where I was staying, so I felt relieved to be en route to...
by PatrickRamseyLPC | Aug 12, 2016 | #Inspire180, Prose
It was the best of flights, it was the worst of transitions. I’m not sure if everyone goes through this emotional experience when they leave the country, but when I was returning from Paris, and then when I was making sure I boarded the plane to return to the...
by PatrickRamseyLPC | Aug 4, 2016 | #Inspire180, Prose
When I arrived at the airport and my ex and kids picked me up a couple of weeks ago, I got first-hand experience of what PokemonGo was like. It was requested that I make one stop at the airport and probably two or three other stops, including one at the Southwest...
by PatrickRamseyLPC | Aug 4, 2016 | Prose
Police sirens ring throughout Paris as I sit in shade by the Place of the Bastille at a busy intersection. The memorial of the French Revolution was not a far walk from Charlie Hebdo, and I cannot help but think of “the violence inherent in the system,”...
by PatrickRamseyLPC | Aug 4, 2016 | #Inspire180, Prose
Waking up in fresh air is not something I’ve done for a long time, at least in a house. Certainly not on a hotel. But where I’m staying is not like a hotel, rather more like what I’ve heard people describe a hostel to be like, complete with a...
