Oh, Darling Ones, The August Malaise has got me in its clutches. Bad. I thought with all the neurological news, I might escape. Maybe, perhaps learning of the baby aneurysm in my brain would put…
Posts tagged Memory Lane
What Were You Like at 17?
Dear Darling Ones, I woke up this morning with Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound” stuck in my head. Every stop neatly planned for a poet and a one man band. Over and over in my…
Recovering From a Stroke is Like Jr. High
Hey Darling Ones, If you had the great misfortune of attending Roosevelt Junior High in Blaine, Minnesota during the 80s, you know the very special hell that was swimming. Roosevelt had a pool and just…
The Ashtrays Have Retired
Hi Darling Ones, One minute it is the summer of 1997 and you’re sitting on the cool stone porch steps of your college best friend’s post-college rental smoking Camel Lights. It’s Sunday morning, though it…
A Bad Day for Blugolds
Oh Darling Ones, Last night I found out a friend from college died of colon cancer. He wasn’t even fifty. While I haven’t seen Baltus since the 90s, I’ve thought about him every Valentine’s Day…