On Saturday, I spoke about my lack of memory and my writing to my parents' community. While an MFA student, and especially during my final residency, I spoke quite a bit about it all, and this blog gives me the opportunity to go public with whatever aspects of my memory void/recovery/writing I wish to…
Last Saturday, J&I were lucky enough to play one of our favorite board games (and we have a lot of board games ... a lot a lot ... so categorizing this as one of our favorites is more important than it might otherwise seem) with a lovely couple, A&S. The game is Ticket to Ride.…
My family celebrates Christmas in January. Mom's decision to wrench the holiday from its December calendar square and push it a month was genius for our family because it's very, very, very hard to get all nine adults and five kids together at Christmas proper, plus the post-Christmas sales make for economical shopping. We love…
It would appear that, as a little girl, I enjoyed the companionship of stuffed bunnies. My interest in bunnies apparently began early. And it continued. My niece shares an interest in stuffed bunnies. "Bunny" is her best sleep buddy. I always thought my best sleep buddies had been my blankets, "Pretty" and "Fuzzy,"…
My sisters and I always call my mother on November 2nd. Today, she asked me if I remembered the cakes we made for Daddy. "I gave you each a can of frosting and you decorated with lots and lots of sprinkles. Daddy always acted so surprised!" When I told her that no, unfortunately, I don't…
