Last Sunday morning I read Richard at Just a Gwai Lo’s post Sixteen quoting Marty Beckerman I’m kind of out of it at 20. I’m culturally obsolete. Our whole culture targets the age sixteen now. Twelve-year olds want to be sixteen and fifty-year olds want to be sixteen and I think we’re idealizing a very […]
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Twice sixteen
April 4th, 2004 · Comments Off on Twice sixteen
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Amusing sayings
April 3rd, 2004 · Comments Off on Amusing sayings
Jorrit Wiersma wrote about writing about his daughter: Saskia and I don’t have diaries like that from our parents (at least that I’m aware of) so I can’t really imagine what it would be like. Jay McCarthy commented: I certainly don’t have a diary from that time. My mother did write about me. A few […]
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I liked it the first time
March 23rd, 2004 · Comments Off on I liked it the first time
With Ted away, I’ve been playing the radio more. A habit I learned growing up, I suppose. I like music when I’m lonely. I don’t listen to the radio much. But since the weekend I’ve had it on for hours a day. The same station. Friday I heard a song I liked. It was new […]
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What we did today
March 21st, 2004 · Comments Off on What we did today
from yesterday excerpts: – went to a neighborhood meeting, the girls sitting quietly for an hour in wicker chairs. – looked into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, saw across into Canada and glimpsed Mt. Baker like a white ghost hovering over the Sound. – saw a Goss hawk and two turkey vultures – walked […]
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The gifts of friendship
March 21st, 2004 · Comments Off on The gifts of friendship
from yesterday Today we went to visit friends, a couple who are in their fifties. When we arrived, the wife asked the girls if they like to play dress-up. She then said she had an outfit they could put on and play with. A gift to take home. It was her wedding gown. I was […]
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