[ 2023.11.19 ] [ where it's at ] long ago, i wrote with the intent of having others read my writing. lately, i have been encouraged to write for myself. that is, to write as a means of exorcising my thoughts. "exorcising" may be too dramatic, though living with per- sistent depressive disorder makes my thoughts, arguably, "evil" on occasion. having lived with suicidal thinking for nearly 30 years, i still can't see depression as bad, per se.