In the middle of the night on a day in late June, 2003 – the very same day my now-sister-in-law got married – a relationship ended that I desperately did not want to end. The boy, who I loved very much, and who was very young, called me at 1 in the morning, waking me…
Category: Before I Was A Grownup
Back in the Black
I read a blog post on Shakespeare written by a friend of mine who went to the same graduate school as I did – the Shakespeare Annex in Stratford-upon-Avon – and suddenly I wanted to drop this law school lark and go get my doctorate in Shakespeare. Perhaps I can be a student forever! I…
Yen
I page through pictures from a trip we took to Missoula four years ago. Or was it five? In them, I am four/five years younger – two children lighter. I do not yet wear a wedding ring. While we were there, we had a cocktail party to meet my friend’s friends. We went to a…
Karma Police
Listening to Radiohead while I work. I guess the last time in my life I listened to this band regularly must have been when I lived in Australia, because my mind is flooded with images from that trip while I listen, almost to the point of distraction. A long drive up a coast road; an endless, wine-drenched…
Ohians and Fifers and Mares
My title today comes from one of Jack’s Veggie Tales Movies, The Wonderful Wizard of Ha’s (a very silly spoof on Oz). My story today is about Mares – er, rather, Bears. Stop me if I’ve shared this with you already, but it’s one of my faves. Our story occurs in northern California in early…