Dave Takes Off

Out of the Verizon Fire into the Nursing Frying Pan

Jan 9 • Lesa Quale Ferguson

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4

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December 2025

Good Grief, Christmas is Getting Complicated

The Charlie Browniest Christmas

Dec 27, 2025 • Lesa Quale Ferguson

7

2

1

Milkweed

Part One of a story about my dad and the milkweed

Dec 12, 2025 • Lesa Quale Ferguson

6

2

November 2025

Five Days, Five States, and One Drunk Troll

Notes on shame, therapy, aging, and the villain who refuses to be upstaged

Nov 8, 2025 • Lesa Quale Ferguson

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3

2

Read With Your Kids, Especially the Banned Books

Family reading as rebellion, connection, and education

Nov 5, 2025 • Lesa Quale Ferguson

5

September 2025

Far Fucking Out

A lesson in work, kindness, devotion, and the marvelous life of Dave Scotten

Sep 9, 2025 • Lesa Quale Ferguson

10

3

2

Get Up Off Your Ass

Why I took Nora’s Senior Pictures

Sep 4, 2025 • Lesa Quale Ferguson

6

1

4

August 2025

Welcome to Talking Iguana

Let me show you around

Aug 10, 2025 • Lesa Quale Ferguson

4

1

3

July 2025

Gaslighting Meets Passivity

Turning Down the Lights

Jul 24, 2025 • Lesa Quale Ferguson

6

October 2024

September 2024