A Simple Idea for Teachers
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Posted in Family | 1 Comment »Maggie came down to my office yesterday, very excited. "Mrs. Szczech called!" Maggie enthused. "She asked if I wanted to come into school to help set up her classroom!" Mary Szczech was Maggie's third-grade teacher last year. She also taught Gavin a ...
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 ...
One Downside to Raising an 11-Year-Old Boy
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in Family | 1 Comment »Adam Sandler movies. I submit to you: Bulletproof, Big Daddy, Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds, Anger Management, Click, 50 First Dates, Chuck & Larry, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, and whatever else he's inflicted on innocent, misguided viewers. [gallery] Ick, ick, ick. I think ...
Overheard: “I really, really, really want a Chinese water dragon.”
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 Posted in Family | 4 Comments »Maggie is on a mission. She's been leaving notes around the house, like this: Due to technical difficulties, I can't flip the scan so you can read it easily. It reads: "I love Chinese water Dragons! Maggie will take care of ...
Some Recent Snaps
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 Posted in Family | No Comments »For no rhyme or reason, here's some recent (and a couple not so recent -- though recently downloaded!) photographs. There's Lisa, Gavin, Maggie, Nick, and yours truly. I included that shot of the back of my house, just so you know ...
Entenmann’s & Dad: Part 2, from memory to realistic fiction
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in Family, Jigsaw Jones, the writing process | 2 Comments »In a previous post, I wrote about memories of my father, specifically the kinds of food he used to buy when grocery shopping. Scroll down or click here to backtrack to it. I'll wait. Now let's see how that family memory -- from ...
Entenmann’s & Dad: Part 1, from memory to realistic fiction
Monday, April 26th, 2010 Posted in Family, Greatest Hits, the writing process | 4 Comments »Though sudden, it didn't feel traumatic when my father died a few years back. He was in his 80's and, well, it seemed about right. He went the way he wanted to go, puttering around in the yard. Then gone. ...
Overheard: “He’s a skinnymalink!”
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 Posted in Family | No Comments »I recently took Gavin and Maggie down to Greeport, Long Island, to visit my 84-year-old mother. At one point she said of Gavin, "He's a skinnymalink!" I can't vouch for the spelling of that. I've seen it written as two words, ...
Overheard: Rainy, Sneezy Morning
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Family | 1 Comment »It was one of those mornings every parent knows too well. My daughter Maggie woke up groggy, coughing, sneezing, with a thtupped-up head. She'd been under the weather for the past couple of days. So it was a struggle getting ...
Bring Change 2 Mind: “Words Have Power Over Us.”
Monday, March 15th, 2010 Posted in Bystander, Current Events, Family | 2 Comments »I was impressed and pleased to find this full-page advertisement, featuring actress Glenn Close, that addressed the stigma of mental illness: Here's the body copy of the advertisement: Glenn Close's sister Jessie and Jessie's son Calen have a disease. And even though ...