Stories of Estrangement
The Ontario Blogger “M”, the writer, editor, artist, and mother
This is a longshot. I am writing this post in the hope that some stranger on the internet will find it and know who this woman is who wrote a blogspot blog called The End of Strife. She wrote the blog for nine days in October 2005 and then stopped. She has written nothing since…
John Nash of “A Beautiful Mind” was estranged from one son.
I found this online article written in 2001 in the archives of Slate.com on the brilliant and troubled mathematician who was the subject of the movie, A Beautiful Mind. A Real Number: A Beautiful Mind’s John Nash is nowhere near as complicated as the real one. By Chris Suellentrop, Posted Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, at…
What I like about being estranged:
1. I don’t have to spend time with people who insult me, call me names, and think I am a horrible rotten worthless person. 2. I don’t have to spend time with people who dislike me. 3. I don’t have to spend time with people who are bored when they spend time with me. 4….
Art, Websites, Criticism, Unsolicited Advice, Decisions
I am an artist. In real life I am an artist. I create stuff that people look at. I usually work in a medium that is other than what you are looking at right now. But I have created a few websites. This is one of them. The others are commercial or for a nonprofit…
Open letter to some unknown person out there on the internet
Hello Out There On The Internet, Somewhere out there you exist. I don’t know who you are. I only know that you emailed my ex-daughter to let her know about Estrangements.com. You, of course, know who you are. I have wondered about your motivations and whether I know you and you know me. Or maybe…
The dream I had last night …
Last night I dreamt about Ed. He was a high school friend to whom I once felt very close. The relationship was always a platonic one because I kept it that way. Ed would have liked it if I had been interested in something more. But I was always wary of that. Ed was a…