In Which We Load the Trunk...
So I’m moving again.Sadly, that preface must also serve as my four-word apology for being absent from here for so long. When I was a kid, moving--which we did a lot--always struck with the suddenness...
View ArticleIn Which We Get A New Lease...
For the first time since 1996, I have a landlord again.It’s weird to be a renter once more, especially after so many years of home ownership. Of course, that’s what’s put us back on a lease again: With...
View ArticleAn October Moment...
Oh, I had such plans for October, and October Moments (and if you're new to the campfire, here's a little background). This was finally going to be the year that I'd tell the saga of what happened when...
View ArticleAn October Moment...
October 2, 1992I’ll call her Tammy. She was a brilliant young woman who worked for a trade magazine in the Chicago area. Tammy was a very even-keeled, deeply practical and rational woman. Not the sort...
View ArticleAn October Moment...
October 14, 1992I don’t care how rational and level-headed you are, once you get a crazy thought in your head, it’s hard to keep it to yourself. So it was only a matter of time before Tammy shared with...
View ArticleIn Which I Stand Naked (well, semi-clothed) Before You...
Well, that was quick, wasn’t it?Seems like it was October just a minute ago and we were celebrating first Art Lad’s 12th birthday and then Halloween (although it’s a toss-up as to which event was...
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Blaze of Glory
You know, I never meant to be away this long, and I certainly didn’t mean for my first post in months to be such a painful one to write, but it can’t be helped.You see, Blaze died last night.I wish...
View ArticleNonperishable Items
“Oh man, that’s a tough break, kid. Blaze was an awesome dog,” my Big Brother lamented when I called him with the news that our dog had died. I had just picked up Blaze’s ashes and was feeling pretty...
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A Picture Worth 115,000 Words
To answer your question, this is what I've been up to:Done.Normal programming will resume shortly...
View ArticleThe Cobbler’s Kid
Before we can go forward, we have to go back. To understand the mystery of Now, you have to reconstruct events by sifting through a big honking pile of Then.We could start here (from the blog, Feb. 21,...
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A Portrait of the Art Lad as a Young Man
Transcript from a typical day:[Door opens. Slams shut. Windows shake in their frames. Candlesticks fall from tables.]MM: Hey. Is that you? How was your day?[silence]MM: Hello? Thomas?[silence]MM...
View ArticleRhymes with Comet
This is not something I expected to be writing, but it’s on my mind, so better out than in.Which incidentally, is what my mom used to say whenever my Big Brother or I were sick, and indeed it’s the...
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Home Improv
So, after two years of living in apartments and/or some form of corporate housing, we once again have a Magazine Mansion.The previous Magazine Mansion readers here came to know was never a house I was...
View ArticleA Stitch In Time
So, it was the first week of school, and a bit of a nail-biter for the kiddos. Like me, my children can pretty much worry at will—it’s our super-power—and this past week, the angst engine was school....
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Not Dead, Just in Rewrites
Sorry I’ve been away, but it’s one week to the Book Launch.That’s right, sports fans, the global release of The Book I Wrote for My Kid is October 30—also known as Thomas’ 14th birthday—in seven short...
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An October Moment
Over the past few moves, I've thrown out a bunch of my kids' stuff on the sly: broken toys, favorite clothes that don't fit anymore, and countless stuffed animals. Not the favorites, not the sleeping...
View ArticleThe Thanks You Get
Since you asked, the release of The Book went about as expected, which is to say it was well-received. Thomas read the whole thing, from beginning to end in about 48 hours and spent much of that time...
View ArticleThank God It's (Fiction) Friday!
Well, all I can say is, it's a good thing enough of you liked the first chapter that I feel sufficiently emboldened to post the second. Because in truth I would have been a little busy to write...
View ArticleFreaky (Fiction) Friday
Wow, it's a good thing I took the precaution of writing a book before taking this new job, otherwise I'd feel really guilty about not posting anything.The job goes well, thanks for asking. After a long...
View Article(Fiction) Friday I'm in Love
Well, I had intended to post the first six chapters and it looks like we're past the halfway point. I have a soft spot for this chapter, since it introduces one of my favorite characters. And I'm not...
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