It’s taken hours, but I’ve finally figured out how to view and reformat and edit the video that the skydiving place provided of my jump. I have resisted the urge to cut out all the parts where my face is being blown off my skull like seafoam off the ocean waves. Had I done so, it would have been a very short video. You’ll also notice that it seems that I’m flapping my arms as […]
Read moreMonth: May 2011
56 and 364/365ths
I have the two greatest daughters. They both came many miles to witness my almost-certain birthday death. It took way longer than it should have to get to the skydiving place, and for Molly it took twice the anticipated time. She arrived literally ten seconds before I had to climb the ladder to the plane. Turn the clock back two-and-a-half years. In Nepal I was talking to a young man from England about our respective […]
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A sprained ankle hadn’t been among my birthday wishes, but my subsequent attempt to document its aesthetics has been a rewarding challenge. If it hadn’t been for Bully-Stick, I don’t know how I would have survived the most acute back pain I’ve had in years. In other respects, things are unfurling as I’d tentatively planned. I now have two rats. They’re full-grown, ugly fo’s, but their dispositions are more pleasing, except for when the lovely […]
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My younger daughter, who turned 22 today, just got a phone call from the Peace Corps. They’ve accepted her into their ranks. The application process is grueling and they admit only about one in four applicants, so this is a giant honor. She has a week in which to decide whether or not to head for Eastern Europe. I’m so proud of her. I kinda sprained my ankle last night. In the dark, I misjudged […]
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