You know how sometimes you sit down with a sleeve of Girl Scout Thin Mints with the intent of only having a few (and who knows why your brought the whole sleeve with you, but you did) and then a few hours later you seem to wake from a mint-cookie induced reverie to discover you’ve eaten the whole sleeve? That’s kind of what it’s like reading Alison McGhee’s All Rivers Flow to the Sea. Except, when your wake from this…
A short conversation prompted by the proper disposal of icy wrappers
“We don’t want to kill the Earth, because then we will have nowhere to live and we won’t be able to see the moon in outer space,” Liam said. “You’re right,” I said. “Where does God live?” he asked. “Err,” I said. “I think God is everywhere all the time wherever you want.” “No,” he said. “I think God would want a bedroom in the sky.” “How do you know God is a boy?” “I don’t know,” he said. “I…
Best first night of class ever
Every time I take a Loft class that isn’t taught by Dale or Vodo I worry. I like Dale and Vodo. I know what to expect from their classes. Even if the class is full of big, dull duds, I can count on Dale and Vodo to be funny and make the two hours worth my time. But this summer neither Dale or Vodo are teaching, so I had to take my chances. I hemmed and hawed for a long…
I was a total thorn at the Bret Michaels concert
“Groupies sleep with rockstars because they want to be near someone famous. We are here because of the music, we inspire the music. We are Band Aids,” ~Penny Lane, “Almost Famous“ Last week I went to the Medina Ballroom to see Bret Michaels. Yeah. It’s taken me an entire week to process the experience. It was unlike any concert I have ever attended and I’m hoping it stays that way. With each year I grow older, my desire to go…
The Lathe of Heaven really messed with my head
Had my Rock & Roll Bookclub not chosen The Lathe of Heaven as its May book I would have never read it. Science Fiction, or as the cool kids call it, Speculative Fiction has never been my thing. Aliens, dragons, spaceships, wizards, knights — none of it appeals to me in the least, not even when I was a kid. So I approached The Lathe of Heaven with a little bit of trepidation. I did not protest it’s nomination for…
First I got myself an electric guitar & then I made a sandwich
Now that school is out, Tibble Fridays will be spent at Supergenius HQ. Upon finishing a donut, Nolan dug this notebook out of the bookcase that used to be my Grandpa Cub’s. He sat down on the blue couch with a red pen and proceeded to fill about half the pages. After he finished he begged to play Lu, my much-ignored guitar. Since I couldn’t think of a good reason why he couldn’t play it, I acquiesced. He spent the…