Archive - Unsorted but Significant

The Mask of Life

Notes on a father dead for a decade.

Jul 12 •

I See By Your Outfit that You Are a Cowboy

My American sons’ Thai school invited them to show off their ‘national costume’. What to wear?

Jul 6 •

June 2025

I Didn't Know Spit

Baseball, chewing tobacco and 1970s parenting. A Father's Day story.

Jun 15 •

The Donut and the Dark

My mother’s gift of light, it turned out, could illuminate even the darkest places.

Jun 12 •

May 2025

The Journey of a Lifetime

Found objects, Vol. 9: The card that came inside my new iPhone case.

May 28 •

April 2025

March 2025

Your Americana is Freaking Me Out

Found Objects, Vol. 9: Crutches on the restaurant wall.

Mar 30 •

A pandemic poem from March 2020, the week the world stopped.

Mar 10 •

As baseball season approaches, a guest writer (my late father) recalls the stickball games of his 1930s childhood.

Mar 5 •

Come On In. I'll Open a Can of Sandwiches.

Found Objects, Vol. 8: Campbell's Limited Edition Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup.

Mar 3 •

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