What We Miss by Sarah Manguso Who says it’s so easy to save a life? In the middle of an interview for the job you might get you see the cat from the window of the seven- teenth floor just as he’s crossing…
Where?
This won’t hurt much by Terry Jones For some time now, I’ve been trying to find out where my son goes after choir practice. He simply refuses to tell me. He says it’s no business of mine where he goes after…
A Milestone
Yesterday, sambear and shadowkatt spent much time out in the world. When they returned, they presented me with my first cane. Technically, it isn’t a cane. It’s a “walking stick” or a “trekking pole” or something like that. It’s made by…
Squee!
sambear got a PC set up in the kitchen and it’s great! My only desire, really, was that it display the family calendar all the time. It seems that somebody is always asking me about plans, and I have to refer…
Teens Grade Adults
2004 Teen Report Card on Adults I haven’t seen that before. I’d be interested in whether or not the teens I know agree with most of the grades.
It Feels Later Than That
I didn’t get nearly enough DONE this weekend, but I’m very tired anyway. On the plus side: all of curiousmay9’s kitchen gear is here now. Together, the four of us went through just about everything in the kitchen while putting…
Sunday Poetry
Poems by Frank O’Hara, from The Selected Poems of Frank O’Hara. Poem Light clarity avocado salad in the morning after all the terrible things I do how amazing it is to find forgiveness and love, not even forgiveness since what is…
Authentic Happiness: Creativity
This is a pretty good newsletter, and I thought y’all might be especially interested in this particular issue. “Getting To Know Creativity” Volume 2, Number 12 This is an E‑newsletter sent to those who register at http://www.authentichappiness.org or http://www.authentichappinesscoaching.com. This E‑newsletter is…
Not Really Progress
Until 1962, the Catholic canon law clearly spelled out punishments for priests who were sexually abusive in any way. Then, not only were the rules changed to be more secretive, but the document itself was supposed to be a secret,…
QOTD
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals. –Henry Ford