When it rains at night, I wake up to my sister across from me in bed. She is usually awake and staring and I tell her to go back to her room and sleep. She tells me that it is too noisy in her room, can’t she just stay in mine? It happens every time [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Knocking at the Window.
Posted in short shorts, tagged aces, card tricks, dogs, ghosts, home, knock, rain, sisters, tree house on May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Double-Knot.
Posted in my life, tagged fields, grass, kindergarten, shoes, teacher on May 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There was a board of gold stars next to each name in my kindergarten classroom. I got the star for the finger painting and for the public service when I helped Carlin get her bag to the top cubby. I got the star for being punctual and the star for reading a story to the class. I grew that year and as [...]
Triple Shot.
Posted in Triple Shots, tagged café, Carmina Burana, college, fat, mother, tea on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Earlier today, I sat at a table at the café right down the street. At the table next to me a mother was reading the newspaper as her daughter, I’d age her at about six, was swinging her legs, kicking her mom’s chair. Her mom didn’t react. The girl said, “Mommy, what is air made [...]
Blowout.
Posted in short shorts, tagged chicago, hybrid, indiana, michigan, near death, north dakota, south dakota, tire blowout, tow-truck on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You think that when you get something replaced, you have that solved for a while. New couch; don’t have to worry about the couch thing. New gallon of milk; don’t have to worry about that spoiling for a while. New tires; don’t have to worry about a blowout on a nowhere Indiana road on Mothers’ [...]
Maggie with glasses.
Posted in people, tagged maggie on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maggie likes the coffee her father makes the best.
life is life.
Posted in video, tagged ellen, laibach, life is life, video on May 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Triple Shot.
Posted in Triple Shots, tagged burritos, mid-life crises, money, mother, sunburn, walt whitman on May 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Jackie used to always say that her mom would kill her if she got sunburnt and I thought it was cute until no, I found out it was funny because her mom was dead. ——- The difference with a mid-life crisis is that you have money. I have crises of similar proportions and all it means is [...]
Telling stories.
Posted in my life, tagged chaise-lounge, storytelling on May 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I start the story, The tall man sat down in the green chair. Does the chair really need to be green? Cross out. The tall man sat down in the chair. Down… Now there’s a necessary word. The tall man sat in the chair. Tall? Cross out. The man sat in the [...]
Not on my watch.
Posted in short shorts, tagged Alaska, café, chicken, crystal, dog, environment, escapism, genocide, moon, organic, salmon, sleep, sun, waterford on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A friend once told me that he preferred the moon, because compared with the sun, the moon was far more noble. He asked me if I agreed. I told him that maybe, but I’d rather just get rich and buy distant relatives fine china for wedding presents, that I saw a set of Waterford crystal wise men [...]
Jumping. Versailles.
Posted in my life, tagged jumping, versailles on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
