memoriam II
There was a point during my Papa’s funeral mass when I thought I was going to lose it. I was...
Read MoreThere was a point during my Papa’s funeral mass when I thought I was going to lose it. I was...
Read MoreOkay, that title’s a bit of a fudge, because in this case we had to do some prep work before the hour in question. I mean we could have lost $225 in much less than an hour by a merely sitting down at a roulette table, or...
Read MoreI’ve been dreaming a lot about shopping malls lately. Almost every night, for several nights...
Read MoreIt started with door trim or toilet paper. I don’t quite remember which. My first instinct is that it would have been the trim, because I recall feeling sour about how abjectly terrible it looked under the glare of...
Read MoreIt’s time for the one-year anniversary edition of Complaining About Homeownership, which is...
Read MoreA few weeks ago our neighbor rapped on our screen door. “Can I mow the front part of your...
Read MoreWhenever a security question asks for the name of my first pet I always always put my first dog. This makes sense because dogs are forces. They have distinct personalities. They look you in the eyes and they shed on your couch...
Read MoreThere is, quite frankly, nothing like the way we were raised. Now those were the days! Back then...
Read MoreWhat did you do on your full moon Friday the 13th? The beau was traveling for work and I...
Read MoreWhen I was 23 I took a weeklong trip through the American Southwest with my mother’s ex-best...
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