Occasionally some fun or interesting news about my sister and her burgeoning career as a musician floats my way, and I feel compelled to share it. The big news today is that she was asked to open for Johnny A. at the Aladdin in Portland, OR. The Aladdin is a 500 seat theatre [...]
The first time my mom and I watched the movie “Babette’s Feast,” I was around 12 years old. It was a rainy Saturday night in Portland and we were curled up on the bed in the guest room/second tv room in our house on Crestdale Dr. My sister was in the living room [...]
I just walked across campus to pick up the mail, and as I walked, paragraphs of blog entries and book chapters fell fully formed into my consciousness. Of course I had nothing to write with and no time to sit and write anyway. And now that I’m back at my desk, with notebook [...]
Friday afternoon I got an email from my friend Ellen, saying “Wearing a pair of Aunt Flora’s shoes today, and already 3 people have made comments about how snazzy they are! Thought you would get a kick out of that…”
About a year ago, my cousin Betsy was forced to move her mother, my aunt [...]
My paternal grandfather (who left my grandmother and their three sons when my dad was an infant) died seven years before I was born, when the controls of the plane he was flying locked and he was unable to steer out of the way of a mountain. My family spent many hours with my [...]
Ever since I got back from the west coast, I’ve felt a little untethered, a little detached and uncertain. I was standing in Trader Joe’s the other day, picking out some oven roasted turkey, when I felt like I was outside my body, watching this mostly blonde girl do something to which my consciousness [...]
About a week ago I learned that a friend from my freshman year of college recently published a book of short stories. I looked it up on Amazon, and made a plan to run to the bookstore to pick up a copy of “This Life She’s Chosen” (I can’t bring myself to pay shipping [...]
At the party/reception Saturday night, after having circled the room about seven times, chatting with everyone I knew and some who I never had known during college, I turned to Andrea and said, “There are a couple people I really wish were here. One is Aerlyn, I wonder where she is these days.” [...]
My dad dropped me off at the airport this morning at 10:15 am. Walking away from his car was harder this time than I remember from other recent leave-takings. The terminal was surprisingly deserted and I was checked in and through security in less than ten minutes. I needed a sandwich to [...]
It’s funny to me that America West believes that a stopover in Phoenix is on the way to Philly, but the ticket was cheap, so I don’t argue.
I’ve had an amazing weekend, I still have much to write and share, but right now I have to get in the shower so I can run to [...]
