The other night I was out with some new friends and I found myself doing things that I’ve never done before. These weren’t bad things, I don’t think. But because my company was unfamiliar I found myself eventually saying things that weren’t quite me. That was a bad thing. I actually reached an ultimate low [...]
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Families and Trees
September 24, 2009 – 8:57 am
I am basking in the blessing of family. Family here, family there, family everywhere. I spent a huge amount of my teens and early twenties surrounded by friends. After my dad died I was shipped off to boarding school and that’s where I made my own family. I mean… I saw my real family on [...]
Anne Sexton and me
September 13, 2009 – 12:42 pm
“The great theme is not Romeo and Juliet… The great theme we all share is that of becoming ourselves, of overcoming our father and mother, of assuming our identities somehow.” -from Anne’s early introduction for “The Double Image” I’m reading Anne Sexton’s biography which is really a compilation of letters she wrote to people and [...]
Never Alone
September 2, 2009 – 3:05 pm
I can’t remember learning how to ride a bike. Not fully at least. I think it all started with my brother being able to do a ba-million more things on his two wheeler than I could do on my 4. I can’t remember if it took me a while of falling and getting back up [...]
