Stories to tell you.
There’s a story I’d like to tell you. Once there was a woman who met a man, and they got married the way you’re supposed to, and they had a kid the way you’re supposed to. Not much else went the way it was supposed to go, though. The ending was bad, I mean the [...]
November 14, 2011
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Tags: loss, love, stories · Posted in: family
Story: part two of probably at least a few.
It turns out this past weekend was hugely centered around stories and storytelling, so it’s no wonder that it’s been on my mind lately. Saturday I spent the day telling a story with my friends, one we were creating together. On Friday night, I spent time listening to (and participating in) older stories, ones that [...]
January 26, 2011
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Tags: Friends, stories, thinking, writing · Posted in: Uncategorized
The Feast of All Souls
In 1971 my mother and father and brother took a trip to England. My brother was seven years old at the time and it was the first really big vacation they’d ever taken together. Sometime before they left on that trip, someone advised them that when they took pictures, they should have them developed as [...]
November 2, 2009
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Tags: dad, stories · Posted in: family