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January 2021

January 04, 2021

Things Keeping Us Going, New Year’s Edition

If there was ever a year to celebrate the ending of a year and the...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Things Keeping Us Alive, April ’18

April Fool's! I mean, Happy Easter! April is almost over, but not yet. So it's...

March 2018

March 27, 2018

Things Keeping Us Alive, March 2018

Time marches on, and our job is to keep up with it. So if you're...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

Things Keeping Us Alive, February 2018

I'm ready for spring. Some people live for colder weather-- the days when the air...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

Things Keeping ME Alive

One of my favorite features at Sick Pilgrim is the monthly “Things Keeping Us Alive”...

October 2017

October 24, 2017

Things Keeping the Undead Alive, October 2017

"Boys and girls of every age Wouldn't you like to see something strange?" That question...

September 2017

September 28, 2017

Things Keeping Us Alive, September 2017

Maybe this is contradictory to what is expected from a somber sick pilgrim in a...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

Things Keeping Us Alive, August ’17

There are only faint traces of Hurricane Harvey outside my window: Repetitive rainfall. Darkness uncommon...

July 2017

July 19, 2017

Things Keeping Us Alive in July: The Trying to Say God Conference

Every month here at Sick Pilgrim, we like to bring you a feature we call...

June 2017

June 20, 2017

Things Keeping Us Alive, June ’17

When I was young, summertime meant joy. And it mostly still does - the long...

May 2017

May 18, 2017

Things Keeping Us Alive, May ’17

Sometimes April showers don't bring May flowers. Sometimes the thing keeping you alive last month gets taken...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Things Keeping Us Alive, April ’17

Lent is over, and Easter is here. The time for mourning and sacrificing is over....

March 2017

March 27, 2017

Things Keeping Us Alive, March ’17

How's Lent going for you, pilgrims? The 40 days of preparation before Easter is typically...

February 2017

February 20, 2017

Things Keeping Us Alive – Feb. ’17

We recently and randomly declared it "Treat Yo Self Day" in the Sick Pilgrim community*....

January 2017

January 04, 2017

Things Keeping Us Alive – January ’17

Happy New Year, pilgrims. Most people see the beginning of a new year as a...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

“Thanks” Keeping Us Alive – November

This month...this year...has been a trying time for many of us us. And we at...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Things Keeping the Undead Alive

We've been relishing October here at the blog, though not for all the pumpkin-spiced crap....

October 12, 2016

Scary Things You Should Watch (Other than the Presidential Election)

Like most of you, we are horrified at the progression of this presidential election. It's...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

Things Keeping Us Alive, Sep. ’16

If you are like us, the season between the overstuffed summer and the barren winter...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Things Keeping Us Alive, August ’16

August 2016. This month had much fodder for brooding. And here at Sick Pilgrim, brooding...