When I was younger and went to summer camp for 8 weeks at a stretch, my dad used to send me an annual Bastille Day letter. Even after camp, once we both had email, he resumed the annual Bastille Day missives for a while. The letters, emails and cards stopped years ago. And This is not the first …
Category Archives: My Father
Ring of Keys
Today, at long last, I am finally getting to see Fun Home. I have been a fan of Alison Bechdel’s since I discovered her Dykes to Watch Out For series in 1988. When I first encountered her, she was an obscure lesbian cartoonist whose compilations were published by an obscure lesbian publishing house which went out of business …
Eagerness, optimism or delusion?
In the past couple of days a couple of folks have commented on the optimism in my posts about the adoption process. David seems particularly committed to making sure I have a realistic handle on the potential timeline before we are matched with a birthmother. I have to concede David’s point, especially since he will …
This was not the post I planned to write
It has been a whirlwind summer and all of my attempts to get a blog post written have come to naught. Despite my best efforts to get work done today, my mood has been off and I finally gave up and decided to direct my energies blog-ward to see if that would help refocus me. …
Morning Reflections
This morning, I was sitting on my couch listening to music while drinking my coffee. This in itself is unusual, as I generally prefer silence before putting on my music and headphones for my daily walk. But something compelled me to break the silence this morning. I was listening to a station that plays a …
This and That
Father’s Day was never a particularly big deal in my family, so I didn’t think the first Father’s Day after my father’s passing would be problematic for me. Well, it turns out I was at least partially wrong. I still don’t anticipate the day itself being especially difficult for me. I’m sure I will think …
We will be restoring normality just as soon as we are sure what is normal anyway.
Barring anything catastrophic (p’tui, p’tui), I have achieved my goal of traveling absolutely nowhere during the month of March. That makes this the longest consecutive period I have been home since mid-December 2013. As much as it has been nice to be home, it will only last until mid-April when I travel back east for …
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3 Weeks of Unintentional Practice
As part of my personal observance of sheloshim (the 30 days after my father’s burial) I have chosen not to listen to music or watch TV (that includes Hulu) or movies. While I am permitting myself to listen to NPR during this period, so far I have chosen not to. These past three weeks my …
Coming Back to Life
I have been working full time this week as I slowly try to get through my backlog. While based on the feedback I have been getting, the work I have been doing has been good, it has been taking a huge amount out of me. Even with a daily 1 1/2-2 hour nap, I have …
We Want the Fun(k). Give up the Fun(k).
Don’t ask me why I have George Clinton running through my head, because I couldn’t tell you. Just like I can’t explain the other random tunes and lyrics that have been going through my head for the past couple of weeks. Perhaps they have been my subconscious trying to clue me in. At least, that …