Mark has this thing that he says, and he’s been saying it for at least thirty years but I never noticed till a few days ago. Maybe, for example, he’ll be thinking about the body of art he’s created over his lifetime — tens of thousands of prints and steel sculptures and ceramic objects — and then his eyes will suddenly squint into this look of bewilderment as he asks “What FOR?” The eternal question. […]
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Sociable undertakings
Ukulele Davey
Look what David’s been up to. He has his own YouTube page now, even. Merry Christmas, David. Merry Christmas, Brian. I miss you!
Read moreHoliday Cheer
For a change, I’m gonna let the pictures do the talking, or however the saying goes. All you get is a bitteen of context: Dinner with Anna, Frank and Amy tonight. I’ve known Amy since before she was born, and this is the first time I’ve seen her for years. It doesn’t seem so long ago that I used to do my favorite baby trick with her. With “Airplane Baby” I’d swoop her infant self […]
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I had lunch with Mo today. (Actually, he ate and I drank Diet Coke, which I can ingest without discomfort.) When I got home, the late-afternoon trans-bay light was particularly brilliant. This is the tree in front of my house. My wonderful GP called to say my blood test results showed iron-deficiency anemia. I have to start taking 1000 milli-somethings of iron a day. Unfortunately, my first attempt was a disaster. Boy, was I sick. […]
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