A writer with a law degree. A crazy woman in the kitchen. Sometimes able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Posted in Deep Thoughts, crank, dad on Jul 29th, 2008
I knew my parents were getting older. But every once in a while, something beyond the greying hair and the slowed pace imposed by arthritis takes me aback. Yesterday, it was my dad’s increasing dithering. He’d asked me to lend him my car, since his own was in the shop and he’s got a drive [...]
I tried to talk myself out of it. To say that the hours and the stress weren’t worth it. But the fact is, I deeply, deeply miss being a litigator. I deeply desire the charge of being in court, of problem-solving with colleagues, of being intellectually challenged by my work, and in [...]
Posted in Arnold Arboretum, Better Half, Love Thursday, dad, flickr, good things, links, photos on Mar 6th, 2008
My dad and I get along like gangbusters now, and I’m fortunate that he and the BH like and respect each other. That said, he’s sometimes of a melancholy/quiet/taciturn/curmudgeonly disposition, so we often go on nature walks with a particular goal in mind, so there’s something to talk about or organize ourselves and our [...]
My dad’s a sober alcoholic. He has been, without one single relapse, since I was 12. Despite his iron resolve not to relapse, and his real success in dealing with some of the things that caused him to start drinking in the first place, I’ve always been cautious about my drinking, because I [...]
In case you’re feeling all meta and socio-cultural-analytical, a link to a discussion of the origins of, reasons for, and evolution of blogging and its impact on our culture. Thanks, Dad.
There’s much food for thought in this article, particularly the idea that blogs allows us to assume whatever identity we want– be it a [...]
Posted in Deep Thoughts, bipolar, dad, links, memory, mom on Jan 21st, 2008
NYJLM had a post about what an impact the fear of being told “no” can have, and it was something that really resonated with me. I lived much of my childhood trying to be good enough, smart enough, quiet enough, helpful enough that my parents would give me praise, and recognize that their fighting [...]
Posted in Better Half, bipolar, dad, meds, mom on Jan 15th, 2008
Dear Self:
You were asking me how I was doing the other day, with this whole bipolar thing and the whole meds thing and the job thing and the mom thing. I thought it’d be nice if we made a date to sit down and just see where things stand.
So, how you doing? How [...]
Posted in Better Half, Pantry cooking, cooking, dad, food, friends, links, recipes on Dec 26th, 2007
I swear, I’ve got pictures of what I made for Christmas, I do! But first, I had some other cooking to do.
FRIDAY:Our friends A. and P. came over, A. arriving almost an hour early. She was on the phone with P. as he was calling me, at the T station down the street. [...]
Posted in Deep Thoughts, dad, good things on Dec 24th, 2007
I’m not a regular church-goer– I’m allergic to organized, hierarchical attempts at spirituality. But I was raised to attend church every Sunday, and by and large, the churches I attended were not too bad when it comes to the human failings of any organized religious group. When I do go to church now, [...]
Posted in Better Half, dad, flickr, photos on Nov 23rd, 2007