I am telling a story of Australia. It’s out of sequence, later in the year, and anyway that’s how they come to me now – my thinking about that time isn’t linear, chronological. I was a waitress in a coffee bar/Italian restaurant on the Manly Beachfront for several months. Moby’s Play was always on the…
Serenity
This was his last Christmas. They’ve been telling him that for years, about 7 years in fact, since his sophomore year of college. This time, though, he knows it’s true. I don’t really know what I can say to this 26 year old who I probably wouldn’t even still be in touch with if he…
Hey
Lyric for today: Workin’ 9 to 5 what a way to make a living And it’s . . .bum de dum . . . la la, It’s all TAKIN and no givin And hoo hum, la tee tum And it’s bound to drive you CRAZY if you let it! Sorry Dolly, that’s the best I…
Christmas with the Wisconsin Fam
A snapshot – My brother just finished pounding out made up songs on our piano (he is a gifted pianist, with the somewhat tiresome caveat that every piece must be fast and loud), and has snuck up into my parents’ room (where I’ve been hiding for an hour) to play Halo right beside my…
Merry Christmas
Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon My name is Francis Tolliver, I come from Liverpool.Two years ago the war was waiting for me after school.To Belgium and to Flanders, to Germany to hereI fought for King and country I love dear. ‘Twas Christmas in the trenches, where the frost so bitter hung,The frozen fields…