Today I’m spending 3+ hours in the balcony of a high school gym, while my son is taking a middle school entrance exam. When I thought about where to send him for middle school, I didn’t realize exactly what process I was setting in motion. But here I am, in a gym not quite like […]
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Writing Sparks
Posted in Husbands, School, Sons, Writing on January 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Instead of Writing
Posted in The Arts, Writing on November 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It was my scheduled time to write, but I didn’t. I was just about to type, “couldn’t write” but that would start things off with a tone of falseness. I simply didn’t, but I surely could have. I was alone in the house and had about an hour and a half to myself. My son […]
I Wish I Had More to Say About That
Posted in Friendship, Reminiscences, Shops, Writing on August 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Every now and then I encounter a situation that, while in it, I’m thinking of how I’m going to write about it. The incident – either what is happening to me, or what I’m seeing, or what I’m hearing or reading or learning – seems so unique, so interesting, so odd, or just so crazy, […]
Short Story
Posted in Children, Existential, Family, Isolation/Belonging, Writing on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Setting: Any given town, on any given night. Parents’ bedroom, 1:00 am. Dad is sound asleep. Mom has had a headache from a lingering cold, so she’s sleeping fitfully. There’s a knock on the bedroom door. Their 8-year-old daughter is upset, having awoken to an outlandish racket outside her window. She wants to come into […]
Our First Tulip Has Died
Posted in Family, Parenting, Tulips, Writing on May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Right on schedule, April came to a close and our first tulip has died.