Friends, Romans, Darling Ones, lend me your ears, It is 6:01 p.m. on Monday the 28th of June as I…
Posts tagged RIP
The COVID Diaries: RIP Queen of Savage
Oh Darling Ones, One of my favorite real-life characters died and I am sad. I wrote about Carol Sue once,…
The COVID Diaries: The World Has Shifted Yet Again
On Thursday I got an email from a client who I haven’t heard from since the very beginning of the…
How Do You Describe the Impossible
When April started I had big plans to blog every day like the glory days of the 200 project. I…
Three Scenes From My Life with a Tom Petty Soundtrack
Scene 1: 1996 A bright, sunny day in August, most of my family is huddled under the trees in a…
In Memory of Paco (1998-2017)
I thought I was ready. Paco’s health had been dwindling for three years. He was the kind of scrawny that…
Writing My Obit Before Dying of Rage
Colleen McCullough, the woman who wrote The Thorn Birds died today. This is the lead paragraph from her obituary in…
Missing Maya
At Family Dinner on Monday I recounted my cleaning the loft exploits to my family, rattling off the treasure trove…
The Ritual of Mourning
I have discovered two things about myself since Uncle George died. 1.) I have a mourning routine. 2.) I am…
In Memory of Uncle George
My Uncle George died last night of a heart attack. In that picture up there, a picture of a Polaroid…