I don’t need no arms around me
It occurred to me that in putting together this aeroplane methodically, piece by piece, painstakingly gluing one tiny piece of balsa wood to the next, that this has become my…
True Stories
The Announcement – Amazing Stories
You’ve been waiting for this an awfully long time, and so have I. So now, I’m very happy to share with you an official press release. Here is The Announcement.…
What Really Happened
I figure you would like to know what happened here over the last few days but are too embarrassed to ask. So I’ll just go from the beginning with the…
Agador Spartacus
Okay, here’s the thing. I hate wearing socks. I mean, I HATE wearing socks. They’re all clingy and they make your toes do weird things. I live MAKING socks, but…
In Public, Sober.
One night, as I lay in bed…okay, actually, technically, I think it was one morning. But it was still dark. Because it’s frigging winter and the sun is being coquettish.…
Drunlsweet
Yesterday morning, I had a PROCEDURE done. A medical PROCEDURE. The doctor came in to talk to me, asked what the problem is, and I told him. He asked, “do…
Education
In the ongoing series of things I learn every day, this post is the ‘what I learned last night’ flagship. It’s important to learn something every day. My fifth grade…
Sometimes, everything works out
There is nothing quite like the feeling of painstakingly hand-knitting a sweater for someone who dies partway through the process, then having to repurpose the sweater for someone else whose…
O Lamy, my Lamy!
– Remember: No good comes of Walt Whitman – O Lamy! my Lamy! my lovely pen is gone; The pen has written every word, the letters sought not done; The…
It’s been a while
I don’t remember exactly when it was he told me how he felt, but after I knew, I couldn’t stop looking at him. I stole glances whenever I could. He…