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Covid Haikus: Day 1
Yep, so I finally got it. Have to say, I’m pretty pleased with myself for waiting until now 😉 when it’s omicron and I’m boosted and living in a city where free testing is everywhere and grocery delivery services are lightning fast. To commemorate the occasion, and because I’m going to have a looooot ofContinue reading “Covid Haikus: Day 1”
German Word of the Week: Baumschule
Before I get into discussing baumschule, I have to point readers to Ben Schott’s adorable little book Schottenfreude, in which he makes up German words to describe special situations he thinks there should be a word for, like “Zwillingsmoral – Reading horoscopes you don’t believe in.” Since German lets you build nouns of incredible length, it’sContinue reading “German Word of the Week: Baumschule”
Tomé Hill
I’m posting this story today in honor of the 50th birthday of my lifelong friend Michele, whom I met in first grade at Montgomery Elementary School in a friendly competition for the affections of a boy named Tag, who turned out to be more interested in snapping his fingers rapidly over his math worksheets thanContinue reading “Tomé Hill”
Birthday Festschrift: 40-50
Music fell off the wagon this decade; I’m hoping to get back to it as time allows. But I started doing papercuts, and I kept up with my fiction (mostly short stories). Art I started doing papercuts after I tried linocuts for a children’s book project that Malena and I worked on. I found IContinue reading “Birthday Festschrift: 40-50”
Birthday Festschrift: 30-40
I got more into art this decade and less into music; more into poetry and less into fiction. Story I wrote this based on a story my best friend told me about her childhood: of course, I significantly exaggerated and elaborated from there, as fiction writers are wont to do. It’s called “The Yellow Dress.”Continue reading “Birthday Festschrift: 30-40”
Birthday Festschrift: 20-30
This was probably my most productive decade for creative stuff because it’s the last decade I wasn’t in academia (well, half the decade). It is a sad truth that there is only so much Creativity Juice in any one person, and even though it doesn’t seem like it, teaching freshmen how to write, reading theory,Continue reading “Birthday Festschrift: 20-30”
Birthday Festschrift: Second Decade
We have a lot more to choose from in the 10-20 age range. Since it’s Thanksgiving, I’ll start with…. Art Another favorite of my mom’s. I believe it was drawn on an inner-office envelope from my dad’s work. Music I wrote a lot of music during this time period because my parents got me aContinue reading “Birthday Festschrift: Second Decade”
Birthday Festschrift: First Decade
I’ve had this idea since I turned 40 and never got around to it–collecting my favorite story, poem, song, and piece of art that I created in each decade of my life. I think why I never got around to it is I took the project a bit too seriously. So, I’m going to doContinue reading “Birthday Festschrift: First Decade”
Disenchantment (Short Story)
“I think,” David Hume’s reedy voice cut through the cramped salon, “that either an idea must be derived from actual experience or there must be no truth to it. Id est, you cannot infer the existence of God from a rose.” They were discussing Tertullian in their tutor’s rundown Grassmarket flat. “All right,” saidContinue reading “Disenchantment (Short Story)”
The Rookery 