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Repurposing
Memories can be as difficult to recover as your grandmother’s doilies packed in the bottom of a tattered cardboard box in your cousin’s attic. They may lie tucked in a dusty corner of your mind, becoming thin and musty with age. But occasionally you’ll stumble across one of those elusive memories. It might be a [...]
Gone Too Soon
Yesterday I came across a Slate.com article by Emily Yoffe in which she shared the story of her husband’s first wife, Robin, who died from breast cancer at age 34. As I was reading, I could hear my 13-year-old granddaughter, also named Robin, playing a video game in her bedroom. My granddaughter was named after [...]
The Fool
My brother Mark, too young to fully understand what was happening, rocked back and forth on his wooden booster chair, his dark eyes flashing between his brother and me. John, just a year older, knelt on his chair, his chubby hands clasped over his mouth stifling his giggles but failing to cover the dimple in [...]
Midnight Marauders
After a nearly 16 hours on the road, at least a quarter of it crawling through road construction, we were exhausted when we finally arrived in Fort Worth. The next morning my daughter and I had to get to the grocery store by 8am to pick up the ingredients for the cheesy potatoes and chinese [...]
Is it ever too late?
Autumn arrived here on Sunday with a bang — the bang of windows slamming shut and lawn chairs hurled against the side of the garage. James Lileks (@Lileks) tweeted: “Huge angry wind. Why, we call it “trouble wind” ’round these parts. Fall got tired of waiting and decided to shove summer out of the way.” [...]
Is rudeness increasing in America?
When my daughter and granddaughter visited recently, we spent a day at the zoo. It was packed with families enjoying time together before the kids went back to school. We sat in the warm sun eating cheese curds and waiting for the sea lion show to begin. The two tiers of seating filled up a [...]
What Do We Remember?
Today’s word to journal at OneWord is “remember.” Easy to write about for someone who teaches memoir writing, wouldn’t you think? Not exactly, since the broad scope of the word caused me to contemplate the whole notion of how memories are formed. Why do we remember certain moments in our lives so clearly while others are [...]
They Call Me Grammary
During a recent conversation with an online friend, I was surprised to hear she had been spending a great deal of time ponderin what she wanted her newborn grandson to call her when he started to talk. I soon discovered that naming the new grandparents is almost as important as naming the new baby. When [...]
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