Category Archives: Nieces and Nephews
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
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
I Am Energy
I don’t really have a good explanation for showing this to you, opening the whole blog with it, even; it was posted on a Livejournal board I was reading this weekend. If’n I’d been drinking something, water or such, I would’ve … Continue reading
Filed under Deborah Digges, Math and Science: General, Nieces and Nephews, Poetry
Christmas, Or: I Received A Paper Cutter LA LA LA
On Christmas Eve, we turned on “A Christmas Story” in the kitchen, as pecans were being chopped and sugar was being sprinkled and dumplings were being rolled and dreams were being baked and et cetera. It had reached the point … Continue reading
In-Indiana
I truly love this, from last Friday’s Chicago Tribune [in reference to the “trouncing” we supposedly took from Old Man Winter the night before, if by “trouncing” you mean “not a trouncing” or “not enough snow to frost a cupcake” … Continue reading
Filed under Brothers and Sisters, Nicky Beer, Nieces and Nephews, Poetry
Vergangenheitsbewaltigung
This blog was all ready to go–all ready to roll down the silo chute like a sack of soybeans–when a Late-Breaking Update occurred. Namely, the birth of my niece! She’s Lucky Number 5, in my annals of niece and nephewdom. Her middle name … Continue reading
Filed under Brothers and Sisters, Maxine Kumin, My Parents, Nieces and Nephews, Poetry
B-Day, And I’m Not Talking About The Crushingly Danceable 2006 Beyonce Knowles Album
Hey, it’s my birthday! *** My family celebrated the ol’ special day on Sunday, when I was home for Thanksgiving, practically lolling around in mashed potatoes. [Ick.] My parents gifted me a Joseph Addai Colts jersey aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I’ve been asking for this jersey … Continue reading
Sloops, Sleeps
Sleepless nights are the devil’s own, I tell ye, and I’ve been having them lots and lots lately. I had one just the other night. I couldn’t locate sleep on a map, a detailed map with topographical details and vivid red … Continue reading
Filed under Math and Science: General, Nieces and Nephews, Poetry, W.S Merwin
The Recovery
I had debated writing this blog about my recovery from surgery, even in part–but then I realized that I have nothing else to write about, at the moment; nothing doing. You’ll have heard the expression “hanging fire”? [I did see … Continue reading
Filed under Brothers and Sisters, Frank O' Hara, My Parents, Nieces and Nephews, Poetry
