It’s high time I show off my nieces and nephew in this lot of photos. So I figured I’d start with Mr. Handsome, who though he certainly has the word “Cheese!” down, ignored the camera the best. But just so you don’t think I have favorites, here are the Bear and the Bug…
You see, there’s this book…
There are some books that I always have in the back of my mind when I’m in used book stores or wandering the wide web. They’re often the ones from childhood which are just so worn (after all, even if they were just given to my sisters and not passed down from our mom, they’d been through nearly 10 years […]
Making Christmas Gifts
My mom is going to be the rocking-est Grammy in this hemisphere this Christmas. She just did awesome work.
Beauty – in new forms
Beauty has taken on a new definition since I got nieces and nephews. There’s something truly beautiful in the scribbles of a child, drawn just for me. Great art? No. Beautiful, though.
If only it were Euchre…
Playing “cahds” a time-honored family tradition, passed down from a bunch of MKs on one side and an adopted uncle nicknamed “Bones” on the other, is something I miss when I’m not at home. I just don’t get the opportunity to play much when I’m not with my family. The primo game in our repertoire was introduced by my not-sister-in-law […]
House of Books
“A house without books is like a room without windows.” ~Heinrich Mann People marvel at my bookshelves when they come to my apartment…I come home and realize that I come by it honestly.
Ticket Stubs
Christine (bless her – wonderful roomie who mailed me the negatives I forgot so that I could work on a scanning project over break) gave me a “ticket stub album” for Christmas. For a while now, basically since college, I’ve kept my ticket stubs when I go to movies and shows. I’ve tossed them into a little box in a […]
Sunset at 70
Driving down the Turnpike at 70 MPH makes it a little hard to take photos…and then to get them posted when you’re visiting friends is a little rough, too. So here’s yesterday’s:
"Up Five Ghetto Notches"
A week ago we turned on the TV. Sound came out. No picture. Currently our TV is nothing more than an immensely large speaker. Immensely. So I will have to get a new one, some time. But, well, there just isn’t time right this moment. I mentioned the situation to my coworker, Jodi, and she offered an extra TV they […]
Heritage
There are times that my family’s long connection with the institution where I work is complicated, but more often than not it is a benefit. Sometimes it is funny. Sometimes it is bittersweet. Sometimes, it’s just nice. This morning my boss said, “I need someone to start a ‘Centennial’ box.” I volunteered. So, sitting on my desk, looking for a […]