Closer to Okay
Now you can all laugh out loud, clutch your sides and roll on the floor and say very loudly in the confines of your office space, Wasn’t that predictable and I told you so and Obviously. I deserve it. Really, chuckle at my expense, have a good old superior moment and finish it off, really [...]
Not until December
Shouldn’t there be a law, some sort of ordinance against the display of Christmas decorations before the flowers in the Thanksgiving centerpiece have shriveled and died?
Driving around town, one would think that Old Saint Nick was beating an immediate path to our doors, like tonight, this afternoon, visiting only those previous and industrious enough to [...]
My ‘Crazy’
We have had house guests. Oh, okay, I have had house guests and the other people that live here have merely enjoyed the additional meals and exceptional fussing that comes with my having company. For everyone else it was just another long weekend save for the five course meal on Thursday and the addition [...]
Habeas Corpus, installment 4
It had seemed like a hopeful beginning before it was patterned in failure – Chad and I alone on the balcony of the Phi Delt house, free from the great drifts of pot smoke and the gurgle and pull of the bong. He had grabbed my hand and pushed his way through the French doors [...]
Habeas Corpus, Installment 3
Since I’m still struggling to shake a head cold AND I’m repainting the dining room, I leave you with installment three of Habeas Corpus…
I hurdle down the highway, home to Northfield. I exit the freeway to get gas, retrieving enough change from the passenger seat floor to make a call from the pay phone. [...]
Still partying – 16 hours later
I am giving myself permission to accomplish nothing today. I took two caplets of cold medication last night, slept like a rock and woke to find that I can barely control my limbs. My thoughts sort of meander and weave. My heart races and sputters to a stop and races again. My hands tremble. My [...]
November
It is so November around here. The mice have begun to find startlingly brilliant ways in to the cupboard, where they tear into bags of dried split peas and coconut and leave mouse size droppings in the dried fruit. No matter how harshly I chastise the cats, they only lift their dowsing heads and then [...]
Habeas Corpus, installment 2
I just love that a few of you are reading this. So here goes…installment 2.
For those of you who need to brush up. Click here to read installment one.
Memories of my father, his temper, his long absences, the defeated hang-dog way he drifts around the house filling ashtrays and playing Steppen Wolf albums so the [...]
Are you calling my kid average?
Yesterday was teacher/parent conference day. The kids were home from school bouncing off the walls and hanging from the banisters as a cold rain fell. I did manage to leave for a half an hour and complete a rather paltry 15 minute idea-share with each of their teachers. As always, the face to face time [...]
Habeas Corpus, beginning
So I confused you, my few and loyal readers, two days back by posting a passage from the middle of the novel I’m writing. I apologize. It is cruel and disorienting to make you jump into the action half way through.
And because I’ve had a busy day and haven’t finished the post I meant [...]
