I can think of few people close to me who aren’t going through significant if not catastrophic hardships. The country collapsing around us doesn’t help, either. A bright spot for me through these times continues to be Ember. I’ve told you how quirky and funny she is. Here’s an example: As she and I were crossing the street on our way toward her weekly piano lesson Friday night, she asked, “If you were to die […]
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My little productions
Nine-Pound Hammer
For several weeks TJ and I have been writing chain stories back and forth (one person writes an installment and the other picks up where she left off), but it’s been ages since I last wrote here on Bloggy. Yikes: it was July 29. How’d that happen? I can’t tell you what’s been going on since then since it’s just a blur. Ember returned to me on August 10 and began school on the 15th. […]
Read morePeaks & Valleys
Before I launch into yet another scintillating tale of travel, this time into a deep canyon, I’d like to show you a video. As you’ll recall, my sister Kate recently had all Dad’s 1960s home movies digitized. Last week I came across this archetypal sibling drama—older sister tortures younger sister—which both makes me snort with amusement and cringe with embarrassment. Context: pony-tailed, 8-year-old Katie and a certain towheaded 11-year-old climb a wooden archway between rooms. […]
Read morePrinderella & the Cince
Last week when I left TJ’s I brought home a videotape she and I had recorded together in 1993. I remember it consisted mostly of us hamming it up for the camera, performing antics that at the time I believed to be hysterically funny and clever. Dying to see it again so many years later, I had it digitized. Must’ve been a different tape. In this one, all we’re doing is running a series of […]
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