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out, out brief candle 16 Jun 2012 | 12:04 am
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. - ...
care & feeding of networked humans: a primer 25 May 2012 | 02:52 am
i maintain it was nobody’s fault, but rather an unfortunate accident. i could have prepared, had i known to expect her. she couldn’t prepare, because she didn’t realize the chasm between us. until Tu...
what i wanted to write on Facebook 1 May 2012 | 05:47 am
it was 3:20 when we all raced in from the park and scattered. four people, six different directions. the calculus of families. physics probably says it’s impossible but i have always said pshaw! to p...
on the last day you woke up five 21 Apr 2012 | 02:24 am
you are sleeping and for a minute, mouth open, curled small in your bed, you look again like the curly-headed toddler whom i still expect to see, some mornings before my brain entirely catches up to t...
April flowers 6 Apr 2012 | 07:00 am
it is not-quite-spring but the snow is mostly gone, reduced to salt-and-pepper-crusted mounds. we have no cherry blossoms here to herald the end of winter, only crocuses, the modest, cheery crocuses ...
not waving, but drowning 28 Mar 2012 | 01:06 am
they were away. they pulled out of the driveway and i waved from inside the house though it occurred to me after they drove away that i could have stood in the driveway, waving until they could not s...
bodies at rest, or why i keep on keeping on 22 Mar 2012 | 06:03 am
for almost six years now, i’ve written here. at least a few posts every month. sometimes, in the heady old days, twelve or more. but always a few. i kept going because i was afraid if i stopped, i’d ...
not naked pictures 25 Feb 2012 | 10:12 am
i turned forty and Dave said, happy birthday, have a new house and i said yes, that will more than do and then we both took a deep breath and jumped off the bridge together. but then he added, i know...
the new crib, or hello Cinderella 14 Feb 2012 | 08:02 am
we are moved. if by “moved” you mean most of our stuff is here and not there except for a few stray things that are frozen to the yard outside at the other house. if by “moved” you mean perched slig...
all the best things she said 8 Feb 2012 | 04:08 pm
the day after. Susan’s gone. i dreamed about her yesterday morning. we were some kind of Thelma and Louise, secret agents laughing, doing vague, crazy dream-things until little feet woke me at 5:45 a...