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Monday night I am already exhausted and we’re not even through the memorial service. I haven’t even decided what I’m going to wear yet. David has it easy: grey suit, white shirt, dress shoes...Book of the Dead necktie... I finally ...
Eulogy for My Dad My Dad passed away this past Wednesday, 18 February. I will be reading this at the luncheon following the memorial mass, which is tomorrow. I recently got into a dustup with someone because I said something about it being ...
Chicago O’Hare Airport 17 February 2009 I don’t sleep well the night before I leave. I keep waking up, afraid that my trusty cell phone will betray me and not go off at the intolerable hour of 5 AM. When I wake up, I leap out of bed, check ...
Thursday It's opening day, and I'm not set up yet. I get up early to go to the convention center. I'm to meet Jolyon there. E rides with me; Digger has given me my display material, which I'd FedEx'd prior to leaving Pennsylvania. I don't ...
In “True Stories,” David Byrne’s quirky 1980s interpretation of Thorton Wilder’s “Our Town”, the narrator (David Byrne) states that all of Texas was under water at one time, and remarks, “Looks like it still is.” At 30,000 feet, ...
I think I had too much coffee yesterday: I was so tired last night but my mind was like the car radio your mother/father/boyfriend/girlfriend just couldn't leave on one station. "Andnowintodayssportswvbackweatherbrrtsunday!sunday!sunday!" I ...
So there I am, getting ready to go...I zip the outside pocket on my suitcase.... Are you ready? And the zipper BREAKS. The zipper, on the suitcase that I have packed, re-packed, and re-re-packed, the suitcase that was BRAND NEW and NEVER ...
Realized camera would not fit in briefcase. Dammit. Briefcase is PERFECT because it has neat pockets for things like the brochures, and I can put the laptop in it. I am not parting with Briefcase. For the seventy-fifth time I unpack my ...
Three weeks ago I was having a February. I was counting the days till spring, and till my husband came home on leave from Afghanistan. I didn't know that I was going to Tucson. Three weeks ago I didn't have a first-class display, multiple ...