Optimism About Nihilism
2015-03-17 – The snow is nearly gone, but the filth of winter emerges in the melt. A season’s worth of soot-from-the-air and pebbles-from-the-disintegrating-street. This is not poetry. This is my […]
Tag Archives: Family
New Year’s Resolution: Don’t Eat Your Brother or Sister
2015-01-01 – In some species, it’s quite normal for one sibling to kill and even eat another sibling. Sometimes the parent even helps. For the most part, humans don’t consume […]
Don’t Forget About Sunk Costs
2014-25-2014 – Okay. It was a bad year. Lost job. Illness and death in the family. Last kid is off to college and we’re alone. Friend dies. New job is […]
We Made Mud Pie, But Not for You
2014-11-27 – They didn’t have mud pie at Plymouth. There was no refrigeration at Plymouth. No refrigeration, no ice cream, no mud pie. It’s as simple as that. You might […]
The Children’s Table
2014-10-19 – Just got back from taking Lefty on his early-morning walk in the park. The sun was still low, lighting the treetops in greens and yellows and reds. The […]
Next Phase in the Fight Against Gay Marriage
2014-09-28 – Activists on both side of the gay marriage debate are anticipating big changes from the US Supreme Court in its new term that begins this week. On the […]
I Am Not a Party Animal
2014-09-14 – I am not a party animal. I am not a party vegetable. I am not a party mineral. Yet, today I am going to a party. Actually, that’s […]
Not Taking Care of Children in the 1970s
2014-08-21 – The other day, my friend Kara posted a fun article on Facebook called “8 Reasons Children of the 1970s Should All Be Dead.” It talks about how parents […]
Finding Pictures in the Clouds
2014-08-19 – You can see pictures in the clouds. It might be a face. It might be a horsey. It’s a fun game to play. Of course, there are no […]
Sew’s Your Old Man
2014-08-14 – There. I just finished sewing a couple of seams. One was in a pair of pants and one was in a backpack. They seem pretty strong and they […]
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