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Jun 24

Notes from Father’s Day 2022

or The Cat’s Fine — I checked on Magic at 5:30 this morning. Magic, our cat, was not his usual anti-social self yesterday. He was even more ‘withdrawn’. Further, he did not ravenously badger us at 5 for his 6:00 dinner. In fact, he didn’t eat at all. …

Fathers Day

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Notes from Father’s Day 2022
Notes from Father’s Day 2022

Jun 3

Lucky To Be Lucky

We got the dreaded school email saying Judah was a close contact of someone who had tested positive for Covid. However, Judah was seemingly asymptomatic and moreover; we were scared to test him. Judah doesn’t need/want to be home all week suffering through Zoom classes. Of course, they don’t do…

Humor

6 min read

Lucky To Be Lucky
Lucky To Be Lucky

May 19

The Kids Are Alright

or Waxing Gibbous — Buddy Guy was 65 in 2001 when he put out Sweet Tea. The album begins with ‘Done Got Old’, which is about… getting old. The lyrics are simple enough, but the whisper-growl of his voice and the sad lonely guitar bring it to another level, specifically the sub-basement where light…

Parenting

9 min read

The Kids Are Alright
The Kids Are Alright

May 8

Others Day

so yeah my mom passed away in february i was there for her last weeks her last breaths she was in a lot of pain and discomfort she needed oxygen and a wheelchair rest and peace we should have got nurses sooner it was a hard time a very hard time…

Mom

3 min read

Others Day
Others Day

Mar 16

Weeknd Locks

This is about Kyle’s hair, but Ella is a synchro skater and we were in Evanston for a competition. I don’t know if it’s really a 2 billion dollar complex (like someone on her synchro team said), but the stands are heated. Anyway, the fire department was leaving as we…

Family

5 min read

Weeknd Locks
Weeknd Locks

Mar 2

New New Old New Normal

At doctor’s offices, airports, and various businesses across the country I see those instructional signs that show the correct way to wear a face mask. It’s embarrassing, like we’re all kindergartners. But then at Costco and Target I see all the ear danglers, nose poppers, and chin strappers. …

Masks

3 min read

New New Old New Normal
New New Old New Normal

Feb 24

Eulogy For My Mom

In 6th grade I wrote a report on the end of the Roman Empire. I compared it to a pumpkin vine and how it grew too big to sustain itself and then all the city-states on the vine perished. I got an A. In the 10th grade I wrote a…

Obituary

9 min read

Eulogy For My Mom
Eulogy For My Mom

Feb 4

Transitioning

my mom is on morphine now i’m on a plane to palm springs i’m flying out to the desert to be with her to say goodbye my dad my brother my aunt are there now my brother picks me up we don’t talk much there’s not a lot to say i was just…

Life

24 min read

Transitioning
Transitioning

Jan 5

BELIEVE

We were done and done with one, and then a few weeks later we were through and through with two. Both our kids were finally fully vaxed. We could travel again. So I bought incredibly expensive plane tickets to Palm Springs to visit my folks over winter break. I LOVE…

Humor

16 min read

BELIEVE
BELIEVE

Dec 19, 2021

Sein of the Times

Found myself channeling George Costanza this afternoon after I parked my car on the street at a meter. The meter said FAIL — which was a total win! HOWEVER, that was in the before times. Now we live in app times. So I stood there for almost a minute…

Humor

2 min read

Sein of the Times
Sein of the Times
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