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TL *Humaning the Best She Can* is starting

Each of his collections had begun with a single, significant find that sparked joy. If he had limited himself in any way, that might have made for a fun, if somewhat eclectic, series of collections. Whatever caused a normal person to say enough was missing in Chuck, though. The very concept of having enough of any of his collections was foreign to him.

— Apr 10, 2026 07:12PM

The Collected Lives of Chuck Burke: A Middle Falls Time Travel story

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TL *Humaning the Best She Can* is 87% done

He pictured his own varied deaths and realized that the end doesn’t matter. Just how you get there.

— Apr 21, 2026 07:13PM

TL *Humaning the Best She Can* is 83% done

“I don’t need objects to keep the memory,” he whispered to himself. “The memory is already in me.”

— Apr 21, 2026 10:48AM

TL *Humaning the Best She Can* is 81% done

The car crested a hill, and Chuck glanced in the side mirror. Behind them, the old barn stood silhouetted in golden light, solid and whole. Just as it should be.

— Apr 21, 2026 10:48AM

TL *Humaning the Best She Can* is 75% done

He was doing so well.. what does he still have to learn?

— Apr 21, 2026 03:18AM

TL *Humaning the Best She Can* is 72% done

“You don’t carry your healing. You live in it.”

One empty shelf in a house still largely full. One clear breath in a life still struggling for air. But it was something. It was a start
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Good for you Chuck 👍🏼 👏 🙌.

— Apr 19, 2026 04:49AM

TL *Humaning the Best She Can* is 67% done

He found a candle and lit it on the kitchen counter. The flame flickered in the still room. Outside, night had fallen completely. Nothing in the house had fundamentally changed. The clutter remained. The paths were still narrow. The surfaces still disappeared beneath layers of stuff.

— Apr 19, 2026 12:48AM

TL *Humaning the Best She Can* is 64% done

“What are you afraid will happen if you throw something away, Chuck?”

The question struck him hard. It was a question he had always avoided. He didn’t know what might be hiding behind that question.

Chuck stared at her, his mind racing through possible answers, none of which he wanted to say aloud. That he might forget who he was.

— Apr 18, 2026 07:26PM

TL *Humaning the Best She Can* is 64% done

Hoarding isn’t simply messiness or disorganization. It’s a complex condition rooted in anxiety, trauma, and specific thought patterns.”

— Apr 18, 2026 07:25PM

TL *Humaning the Best She Can* is 60% done

Heh, umm.. why start him there again this time?

— Apr 17, 2026 06:33PM

TL *Humaning the Best She Can* is 59% done

The stripping away of possessions hadn’t left emptiness, as he’d always feared. Instead, there was space. Space to breathe, to think, to focus on what mattered.

— Apr 17, 2026 09:00AM