January – Maisons Laffitte under snow. February – He who jumps off bridges in Paris is in Seine. March – Arthur leaps skyward. April – Cinque Terre, Italy. Hiking… it’s only walking… for 7 hours. Bring proper footwear and a bottle of water. May – Sunset over North Lake, Grand Junction, Michigan. June – Late [...]
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12 Pictures. 12 Months.
Posted in favorites, my life, tagged arthur, Austin, chicago, christmas, cinque terre, france, Gary, halloween, italy, lake, Maisons Laffitte, mechanical bull, michigan, months, New Years Day, notre dame, paris, photos, Resolutions, texas, white christmas, years on January 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Friday Night. Pont St. Michel.
Posted in favorites, short shorts, tagged dog, exile, notre dame, paris, pont st michel, shivering on March 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We had met through mutual friends. She asked me to show him around, that he had just gotten here. We walked around the Latin Quarter, saw Shakespeare and Company and he bought a chwarma sandwich near Notre Dame. By the St. Michel Fountain, the young philosopher got deep. “I’m an American in exile,” he says [...]
Finding the After.
Posted in favorites, short shorts, tagged after, brother, election, sister, sleep, subway, suicide, teen, too on March 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My sister’s child, my nephew, he gets in moods for days where everything is terrible. He says that he hates all the food you offer to him. He hates his favorite movie. His bed is too small, or too big. Those windows are too open and he is too hot, or too cold. It is [...]
A poem for Ellen.
Posted in favorites, poetry, tagged canoe, clouds, dinner, ellen, lake, oar, pink on February 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It was that even if we never took that canoe ride and when you did I shouted to you across the lake about dinner or something. And I could hear your oar in the water, breaking it and your face looking up as I called to you and you didn’t need to tell me about [...]
Things are looking up.
Posted in favorites, short shorts, tagged cologne, jeremy, light bulb, nasa, pizza on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight, dinner is a stolen frozen pizza from the corner store. Jeremy brings it home after work and leaves it on living room floor. He slips off his jacket, the one missing a zipper, and leaves it crumpled in the corner. He retreats into the kitchen and opens the tea cabinet. The door falls off. [...]
I had heard about hawaii.
Posted in favorites, short shorts, tagged baseball, childhood, hawaii, pineapple, sisters on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Did you hear about Hawaii?” my father says. “What about Hawaii?” I say. I heard all about it last week, but tango on they say. “Your sisters are taking your old man on a trip!” “Oh yeah? You’re going to Hawaii with Caroline and Margaret?” They live in New York. Even I admit that it [...]
Chicago is the City of Big Shoulders
Posted in favorites, short shorts, tagged apartment, ayurveda, bum, cory, mother, New York on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the past five years, my mother has had both knees replaced and thwarted two different cancers. When she comes to visit me, she does not get a room. She brings a sleeping bag. This is something I will always brag about. My mother likes to take me grocery shopping. [...]
