For Mateo’s birthday, I bought him a potty. Brian made him a TARDIS.
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I’ve been reading The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion again, and she writes about how we turn to what we know to cope in times of grief. I’ve been reading about grief in literature (my next post on that will be coming soon) and I’ve been writing. And writing and writing. There was [...] As long as we have been human, we have been contemplating mortality, trying to find meaning in life, and suffering in our grief. I know I will never understand Michel’s death, so I am trying to find some solace in the continuity of human emotion. People mourned their dead thousands years ago as they mourn [...] I wrote Michel’s obituary:
Michel Rose David September 10, 1988 – December 10, 2010 Michel Rose David passed away Friday, December 10, 2010 in San Diego, California. Her family and friends remember her as a vibrant, beautiful, and intelligent young woman who brought joy to everyone who knew her. Michel [...] I was in the men’s sock department at Target. Brian’s phone rang, my brother Richard’s picture appearing on the screen. I answered. “Do you know where Mom is?” Richard asked. No, I said, as I pointed out socks to Brian that I liked. Richard said no one could find her, that our brother Chris was [...] |
My Opium Den
After some thinking, I realized why I didn't finish this book (even as I racked up late fees from the library): I found the subject matter, the history of the region of England called Sunderland, interesting, but there was nothing about the...
Lovely art by Camilla D'Errico (who should be listed as a co-author) provide mood and texture for this story of a troubled young girl whose fantasy life becomes a bit too real when she visits a website called Make5wishes.com. The authors ar...
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