Husband Tim and I are spending a few days at the beach right now. I thought of not doing a post, or doing something like the The… Read more “Vacation”
Category: Family
Clay
It’s been a busy few months. I’ve written recently about work travel, and trying to get The Incident Under the Overpass launched this summer, but I’ve been… Read more “Clay”
The Godfather
This is the latest in a series of “Family” posts. For the previous, click here “Birth, School, Work, Death.” This song by The Godfathers is in my head… Read more “The Godfather”
Letting Go (Or, The Times Satellite Radio Brought Me to Tears)
I live my life a quarter mile at a time -Dominic Toretto Vin Diesel’s immortal Dom uttered these words in the original The Fast and The Furious.… Read more “Letting Go (Or, The Times Satellite Radio Brought Me to Tears)”
Sisters, Part 2: The Dragon Measure (Or, A Song of Ice and Fire)
This is part 3b in a series of “Family” posts. For the previous post, click here Once, when my sister Susan’s daughters were very small, her family… Read more “Sisters, Part 2: The Dragon Measure (Or, A Song of Ice and Fire)”
Sisters, Part 1: The Movie Measure
This is part 3a in a series of “Family” posts. For the previous post, click here I don’t know why a post about my sisters is so… Read more “Sisters, Part 1: The Movie Measure”
Springtime in NOLA
This will be my final posting of the 2016 Lenten season. I wrote a bit about Lent at the start of it, Ash Wednesday, a few weeks… Read more “Springtime in NOLA”
To Believe in Belief
Know you what it is to be a child? It is to believe in love, it is to believe in loveliness, it is to believe in belief. In… Read more “To Believe in Belief”
Writing and Running
Almost sixteen years ago to the day, in early March 2000, I ran my first marathon. It was grueling and painful. It was in pre-drought Los Angeles,… Read more “Writing and Running”
Brothers: A Gungan Pollutes the Wild
This is the second in a series of “Family” posts. For the first, click here A few weeks ago, I wrote about William Wordsworth’s “Lines Written a… Read more “Brothers: A Gungan Pollutes the Wild”