Today’s the birthday of a very special woman in my life. I call her Mom. Over the years I’ve come to realize that I owe…
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Today’s the birthday of a very special woman in my life. I call her Mom. Over the years I’ve come to realize that I owe…
I just wanted to take a quick minute to salute my parents. They just finished another week of volunteer work, helping to rebuild New Orleans.…
This sculpture mysteriously appeared on the Lafitte Corridor last week, just in time for the Urban Pathways conference tour. I was surprised and touched. It’s…
It’s not quite official. Xy made the first cut and has been going to practice sessions. The rules are strict and harsh — you have…
Here I am just hanging out with my favorite college president, Dr. Norman Francis. Actually this photo was taken by Irving Johnson at a banquet…
Our first plan was to reprise last year’s costumes which we didn’t really get to employ last year. But then it became clear that this…
One last thing…
Greenwood, circa 1983: After I moved downstairs into what was previously my father’s study, I set up this bulletin board over my bed. A content…
Just when I thought the whole sequence of events couldn’t get any stranger, in the midst of unpacking I was summoned via text message to…
The fumigation we’d originally planned for early December has finally been accomplished, and I must say despite the hassle that it’s better to complete than…
Yesterday afternoon I stopped by the playground on the Jeff Davis neutral ground with my daughter. We approached Serpent Mound at the same time as…
Dear Persephone, You are twenty-three months old today. Recently your have begun formulating simple sentences, and in the last month I’ve noticed you have begun…
There was a little frost outside this morning, but our cold snap seems to be coming to an end. The morning bike ride was chilly…
Thanks to my old school chum Aaron V. for sending me this scan. He retrieved this flyer near Ballantine Hall on Sept. 28, 1989. Keep…
By strange coincidence, I found myself watching The Big Chill Friday night. It’s one of those super-famous movies that I’ve just somehow never seen. Alas,…
I’m still trying to catch up to the present. We celebrated Xy’s birthday last Tuesday. Since she was feeling sick and I was run ragged…
It has just been brought to my attention that Ulysses Press has canceled publication of LOLcats: Teh Most Funyest, Cutest Internet Kittehs. That’s a shame…
I wasn’t feeling quite right. When Xy offered to take our daughter with her on a shopping expedition I assented. It was just starting to…
Imagine my surprise when I discovered my nursery school photo is being used by Cory Frickin’ Doctorow for an article on Boing Boing. The subject?…
A photo I took in 2005 was recently used to spur a collaborative writing assignment. I have no idea where the class was even located.…