Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Updated Diagnosis
This morning I had a two-hour intake assessment with Wabash Valley Alliance here in Frankfort. I'm in the middle of transitioning my mental healthcare away from Alpine Clinic in Lafayette to Wabash Valley for insurance reasons (thanks ever so much, Trump), so this was...
Mondays are for Mental Health
So today ended up being a mental health day for me, the first since moving, the first since launching my company, the first I've needed in quite a while (with one notable exception that I won't go into just now). Yesterday was a difficult day. It was one of those days...
Mental Health: Interloper
My body is a traitor, an amalgam of systems all malfunctioning in and out of sync with one another so that every day is a craps shoot as to what my health will look like. My brain misfires, and fear and trepidation assault me like twin armies hellbent on destroying my...
Fiction
Hiding from the Invasion
"Keep quiet!" Marla hissed, waving the three children she had in tow to the ground. "There are aliens everywhere!" "What do they look like?" one of the children -- Janie -- asked. Marla rolled her eyes as if that was the stupidest question anyone had ever asked of...
The Sheriff
There’s a new sheriff in town, and he’s dragging a saddle. “Hey, Sheriff, you seem to have lost your horse!” calls out Jed from the porch of the saloon. “No, but I’ve gained a saddle,” the sheriff replies. “There never was a horse to begin with.” “Well, what’s with...
Exploration
It is three days later, and Lindsey has selected her landing crew -- only they won't be landing. "You'll take up a position a safe distance from the wormhole," she explains to them. "Study the wormhole. Send the probe Zach has prepared into the wormhole. But under no...