Today is my mother’s 83rd birthday. It occurred to me recently that I don’t talk about my mother much here on the blog. If I’m talking about a parent, it tends to be my father. That might be because I’m in the throes of things with my mother, but I have the benefit of distance […]
Archives for 2012
Walt’s Leaves
May 31, 2012 by
The lawn at the Palatial Horvath Estate has really enjoyed the rainy, warm, and humid weather we’ve been having lately. Over the past week the grass rose defiantly, screaming its supremacy, cackling madly and singing “Feed me, Seymour, feed me all night long.” As I walked down the path to my car, I could see […]
Time Well Spent
May 29, 2012 by
I’ve been thinking a lot about my father lately. That’s partly because he would have turned 80 on May 4th. And it’s partly because of Memorial Day. And it’s also because I’m still learning things about him I didn’t know before. I didn’t always have the best relationship with Daddy – the fault for that […]
Remembering On Memorial Day
May 27, 2012 by
When I was a kid, I didn’t really know what Memorial Day was about. I knew there were parades (or “prades”, as you can see in this post). I knew there were marching bands. The local Masonic temple would come out on their motorcycles and do routines. Old men would hand out fake poppies and […]
Cat Haiku
May 24, 2012 by
As I was shuffling through papers the other day, I happened upon the following examples of haiku poetry written from a cat’s point of view. I have no idea who wrote them, but my cat Eddie has taken to wearing a beret and insisting on being called “Francois”. Reach your own conclusions. For those who […]
Dueling With The Blogosphere
May 22, 2012 by
Blogosphere. Betsy. En garde! *slash* *clatter* *slash* *parry parry* *jab jab jab* You’re amazing, Blogosphere. Thank you. I’ve studied *duck* hard to become so. *parry parry thrust* Tell me why we’re fighting again? Oops! *Blogosphere throws sword in air* *sommersaults off rock to ground below* *catches sword as it falls from sky* Because. *Betsy throws […]
