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’ [...]
Posts Tagged ‘chicago’
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 »
Triple Shot.
Posted in Triple Shots, tagged chicago, couufrans, france, frappeurs, guardian, obama, pasta, soccer on May 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Here are three things the French kids said to me today in English that made me glad that there are CDs in France that let you learn English using only Obama speeches: “Can you do me some pastas?” ——- “My couffrans are good frappeurs.” ——- Look how the guardian of Chicago goes lently.
Chicago River in 30 seconds.
Posted in historyish, tagged chicago, chicago river, lake michigan, St. Patrick's Day on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In March of each year, as dear old St. Patrick has his day, as iron-on t-shirt graphics of shamrocks appear and bros take a half-day off work to start drinking in the early afternoon, the Chicago River is dyed a kelly green so brilliant that people without disposables or digitals take low resolution photos with [...]
it’s friday night and i’ve only got stories to tell.
Posted in my life, tagged abe lincoln, amy hempel, chicago, colorado, cory, egg plant, garden, greens, happiness, illinois, jeremy, legitimacy, melancholy, New York, paris, reflection, texas, writing on March 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
writing hasn’t been happening much lately which has a direct correlation with my state of unrest. summer is coming and i’m leaving paris soon right at the moment when i gave my first completely unselfish hug. i watched a lecture today about living forever and the developing the technology to do it. and people asked, [...]
Nineteen hour straight shot.
Posted in places, short shorts, tagged car, chicago, Columbus, Coney Island, diner, forest, New York, pennsylvania, pocono, Thai food on February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I worked myself to dark circles for half a year before seeing Pennsylvania road after Pennsylvania road up and over the Poconos slight moonlight reflecting off Sunday’s snow and onward, onward icy road and neon signs saying how many miles to wherever and wherever after. We stopped for toilets and coffee and asked the waitress [...]
fresh water.
Posted in places, tagged chicago, cricket, lakes, michigan on February 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I spent my childhood with 80% of my being consisting of the lakes of Michigan. They bathed me, satiated my thirst, steamed my vegetables, and it was on their banks that I found my first horizon. I am their quiet lapsing… … their lively surfaces… … their shifting shapes and colors… Chicago flows out of [...]
Poet Soldier.
Posted in current, historyish, places, tagged chicago, christmas, frankfurt, iraq, poet, soldier, sullivan ballou, the civil war, union, wilfred owen on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not too long ago, I took a flight from Frankfurt to Chicago just before Christmas. Apparently, the U.S. still has left over military bases around Frankfurt, quite a few in fact, just to keep an eye on those dreadful Germans. I got a chance to talk to a couple of America’s finest on the plane [...]
