I joined a few Facebook groups when I moved to Buckhorn because it’s good for business, and I wanted to keep in touch with Buckhorn and the surrounding communities in various ways. Anyway, I’ve noticed a few funny (to me, at least) quirks and comments in these groups, which may be partly due to theContinue reading “Life Inside the Local Facebook Group: The Detective”
Author Archives: John Berkovich
When Nostalgia Sneaks Up on You
Nostalgia is a funny thing because it rarely arrives when you expect it. You don’t wake up in the morning and say, “Today feels like a good day to revisit memories from a long time ago.” Life usually moves too quickly for that. There are emails to answer, errands to run, and the usual day-to-dayContinue reading “When Nostalgia Sneaks Up on You”
Zabriskie Point and the Question of How Long to Look
Another entry in my travel series. Some places are easy to leave. You stop the car, take some photos, go for a walk to loosen up, and within fifteen minutes, you’re back on the road again, the place already fading into the rearview mirror of the trip while you think, “That was nice; I’m gladContinue reading “Zabriskie Point and the Question of How Long to Look”
A Visit to Joshua Tree National Park
Another entry in my travel log series The first thing that hits you about Joshua Tree National Park in California is the feeling of space. Wide desert landscapes stretch in every direction, broken up by massive piles of boulders that look as if someone dropped them there eons ago. And then there are the treesContinue reading “A Visit to Joshua Tree National Park”
Life Happens in Chapters
Every once in a while, if you stop long enough to think about it, you realize something interesting about life. It doesn’t unfold in one long, continuous story the way we often imagine when we’re younger. Instead, it happens in chapters. At the time you’re living them, those chapters rarely announce themselves. There is noContinue reading “Life Happens in Chapters”
The Salton Sea and Slab City
Another entry in my ongoing travel series of places I’ve been. Travel often takes you to famous places. National parks, historic landmarks, scenic viewpoints, where the beauty of the landscape is obvious the moment you arrive. And then there are the places that don’t really seem to fit into any category. My trip to theContinue reading “The Salton Sea and Slab City”
Inside The Mind of a Narcissist
Understanding narcissistic behavior can feel like trying to solve a puzzle that never quite fits together. If you’ve ever dealt with someone who constantly distorts reality, lashes out unexpectedly, or seems incapable of accepting responsibility, you may have wondered what is going on inside their mind. A narcissist processes the world very differently from theContinue reading “Inside The Mind of a Narcissist”
The Story People Tell Themselves Before They Cross the Line
How could they do that? Not just the act itself, but the entire process leading up to it. The choices, the secrecy, the rationalizations. The quiet moments when someone knows exactly what they are doing and yet continues anyway. When someone betrays you in a serious way, that question tends to linger long after theContinue reading “The Story People Tell Themselves Before They Cross the Line”
The Line That Should Never Be Crossed
When someone knows you are facing extreme challenges in your life – major change, deep personal loss, or a period when you are barely holding yourself together – and you turn to them for help, or even just someone to talk to, and they choose to mistreat you instead, something nasty and darker is happening. Continue reading “The Line That Should Never Be Crossed”
Why Problems Always Seem Worse at Night
Nighttime has a way of enlarging problems. A bill that looked manageable at three in the afternoon can start to feel like a personal crisis at 11:30 p.m. A delayed freelance payment, an awkward conversation, a health concern, an unfinished task, or a broader struggle that has been sitting quietly in the background all dayContinue reading “Why Problems Always Seem Worse at Night”
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