Category Archives: My Parents
It. Is. Time.
Let’s acknowledge that there’s been a bit of a blogging hiatus of late. You’re acknowledging it; I’m acknowledging it; the unnervingly fast centipede I brutally killed last night on the living room floor with my copy of “A Room with a View” is acknowledging it. [Seriously … Continue reading
Tale-Telling from the Homefront
Home this past weekend. It was Mother’s Day, if you didn’t know; if you didn’t know, you’ve really got more going on than I’m fit to address, frankly. In Britain and Ireland, Mother’s Day is more commonly referred to as “Mothering Sunday”, which … Continue reading
All In All
I was home for Easter last week; I’ve got a valid excuse for not writing. Celebrating the Risen Lord can certainly take the stuffing out of you. Instead of attending Mass on Easter morning, my family and I went to the Easter Vigil … Continue reading
Filed under Kay Ryan, Math and Science: General, My Parents, My Roommate, Poetry, Stirring World Events
When It Rains, It Pours Emergency Appendectomies
Landsakes o’ Goshen: One month, no Wheat Dear. I know. I’ve been told. You’ve told me. One week off is forgiveable, perhaps. Two weeks stretches the limits of hospitality. Three weeks is the complete departure of the Muse from hence via Harley … Continue reading
Filed under Dorothea Grossman, My Parents, My Roommate, Poetry
The Passage of Time
My mother sent myself and some brothers and sisters a few pictures from home two weeks ago, e-mail-ily. She wrote: “For those who haven’t seen the house this fall. These are both from the back deck…Today most of the leaves are biting the … Continue reading
Filed under Brothers and Sisters, My Parents, Phebe Davidson, Poetry, Stirring World Events
A Little Quiet, Followed By Loud
In one of those Halloween shops this weekend, with Bridgid. You know–those Halloween shops, the ones that randomly spring from the earth this time of year, like earthworms from the soil after a driving rain; except for the fact that earthworms … Continue reading
Three Nights Two Days
Home in Indianapolis for the weekend, for my niece’s sixth birthday party. I got in late Friday night. On Saturday morning, my parents made breakfast, and we randomly began watching a Western film that was on the TV. My pa’s a real … Continue reading
Laws of Motion
I was on Spring Break last week [on the real. I had a SPRING BREAK]. And each morning, when I awoke, a beautiful unicorn named Mistywinters was outside my bedroom window with a tray of food, so that I could have my breakfast in bed! Then … Continue reading
Filed under Dan Chiasson, Math and Science: General, My Parents, Poetry
Spring Break.
I got home tonight from an Easter spell on the homefront. I’m tired, I’m luggage, I’m _______. Thusly, I’m going to Post The Real Deal on Wednesday, aka Tax Day. I can’t give this week a miss, gentle readers. Too much … Continue reading
Filed under Brothers and Sisters, My Parents
Brimful
E-mail from my mother: “Our Dunkin Donuts is now open. Dad and I were the 4th and 5th customers, garnering a free copy of the Daily Journal and 2 DD coffee mugs. I think that is embarrassing, but your dad … Continue reading
Filed under Dan Bellm, My Parents, Poetry, Stirring World Events
