Date Archives October 2012

And then it was time to break her heart Or, this is how you tell your mom your biological father is dead

I cannot listen to The Avett Brothers’ song “Live and Die” without a few melancholy tears sliding down my face….

I remember where I was on October 25, 1998. I was babysitting my one-year-old niece Jaycie while Sister #2 labored…

We’re headed into Angry Hermit Season which means 80% of my face-to-face, non-computer-related socializing in the next four to five…

One of my favorite things about being a reader is having a physical reaction to a book. Whether it’s tears…

Apolitical people and those who “get tired” of politics. Are you kidding me? I hate to get all Lorax-y but…

It seems University Avenue Elementary in Coon Rapids, Minnesota recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary. This is the school I attended…

Some days the lack of Tim Riggins in your life is and the melancholy it causes is so inescapable that…

Recently, one of the members for my Rock & Roll Bookclub wanted to re-read some Kurt Vonnegut. Since I’m a…

I picked Liam up after school today and we ventured forth to the wilds of Roseville to see Har Mar…

If I had it my way, I’d turn this blog right around and when we got home all I’d write…