Author Archives: ltrainlane

A funny thing happens as you get older. Time is a great equalizer. You begin the appreciate the things you took for granted when you were younger. I am a 1987 graduate of Onteora Central School in Boiceville New York. Both of my parents were music teachers in the district, and those years at OCSContinue reading “onteorastrong.”

So my now ex-wife got a non-disclosure agreement with our divorce. Needless to say, I won’t be saying much about her. Whatever. What I am going to write about is the gratitude I have for where my life is NOW. There’s an amazing feeling of accomplishment when you get through a traumatic experience like divorceContinue reading “Chapter 3.”

I’m back. I changed my mind. I know EXACTLY what I want to write about. More to come……plus I’ll explain this in much more detail. Talk soon.

It’s been a fun ride. Thank you to all who have followed this blog for the past six years. Although this started as a way of journaling my feelings, and this was a pleasure and privilege to write, I’m going to find another quieter outlet instead. Peace to you all. ❤️

Here’s how I’d win on Survivor. I can live on dry cereal, water and peanut butter and granola bars. I don’t know this from camping….I know this because I let my cubbard get that bare two weeks ago, because I absolutely suck at cooking, and the couch was just too comfy for going to theContinue reading “cooking for dummies.”

It’s been 76 days since moving back to the Keystone State. Although it’s been a rollercoaster of a year, things are settling down. New friends, new opportunities, and new surroundings have helped to find a new sense of inner peace. True confession – I didn’t just burn bridges in Alexandria – I napalmed those motherfuckers.Continue reading “losing the façade.”

Lane Stowe, August 15, 1969 – August 14, 2025 Wait, what?? That’s right, I’m having a “death without a death”, as I’m truly leaving my old self behind at 55. in other words, I’m “killing off” the Mr. Today Show part of my personality that I absolutely detest. That’s the part of me that canContinue reading “56.”

It feels good to be back. I should’ve never left. The last 15 years of my life were not real. Not at all. Don’t even get me started on the whole Today Show thing…. I spent this entire time being something that I’m not, in hopes of fitting into someone else’s life. And I’m notContinue reading “pennsylvania.”