Baseball, Gavin, Six Innings, Championship Games, etc.
Thursday, August 12th, 2010 Posted in Family, Six Innings | No Comments »I don't like to brag, but. Look at this kid, will ya. That's Gavin, right around his 11th birthday, back in June/July. We endured a heartbreaking All-Star experience and I had to let time pass before revisiting it. This year, along with my ...
This Week’s Greatest Thing Ever: Kanye’s Tweets + New Yorker Cartoons
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 Posted in Around the Web | No Comments »I remember immediately liking Kanye West when his first CD arrived. The single "Jesus Walks" sounded new and inventive, breathing fresh life into a surprisingly resilient musical genre that bordered dangerously close to growing stale and repetitive. Over time, it was ...
Overheard: “One time I touched Grandma’s hair and it was hard. It was HARD!”
Monday, August 9th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »I don't have a whole lot to add to that story, actually. The line was recently spoken by my daughter, Maggie Ann, about my mother, Ann.
The Point of Diving Into a Lake: To Be in the Lake
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 Posted in the writing process | 1 Comment »A while back I saw and enjoyed the film, "Bright Star," written and directed by Jane Campion, based on the life of poet John Keats. During the early stages of Keats's relationship with Fanny Brawne, she lamented that she still didn't ...
The Soft Pretzel Bacon Burger . . . Just Seems Wrong
Sunday, August 1st, 2010 Posted in Bystander, Current Events | 4 Comments »No one goes to Friendly's anymore. Honestly, I don't know how they stay in business. No. One. Goes. There. But still, you see the restaurants all over the place, parking lots empty except for a few battered Fords and some wind-blown litter, ...