Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
Home sweet home
Posted in Life, Lincolnville, Maine on 19 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why I’m dumping Andrew
Posted in Life, Parent directory on 5 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Andrew Sullivan is no longer my favorite blogger. And this is why. Rather than recap the whole shameless saga, I will simply post a (lightly redacted) copy of my personal e-mail to Andrew: Let’s review. You’ve been ceaselessly lambasting the Catholic church for its indifference to the plight of helpless children who have been treated [...]
Big day on the Mall
Posted in Art of the possible, Life, Washington on 19 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, speaking of the Inauguration … did I ever tell you about being the white guy at the Million Man March? Now be quiet — you are not my offspring and you have NOT heard this story a hundred times before. Okay, so it was 1995, October. I’d been living in Maine for seven years, [...]
Netflix checklist: ‘Le Fils’ (The Son)
Posted in Life, Maine, The possibility of art on 18 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love this odd, lovely Belgian film. The plot is so minimal, the story so tightly compressed, I can’t say much without giving too many things away. A 16-year-old boy, released from several years in juvenile detention, comes to a small vocational school in Liège hoping to learn carpentry. He’s a wounded, jaded, yet somehow [...]
Live-blogging Maine
Posted in Down East, Life, Smithy of the soul, tagged Maine, science fiction, washington dc, writing on 17 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the in-floor radiant heating is so delightful (when it works), and since we’ve no place to go, Lincolnville Beach having rolled up like an Italian infantry division, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. That’s the last you’ll hear from me about the weather. Except insofar [...]
She’s leaving home
Posted in Life, tagged Callie Hand, chicken, college, depression, Life, Long Trail Ale on 1 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My daughter Callie left for college today. Her boyfriend Ryan came home to say goodbye. He’s going to the Maine Maritime Academy. She’s off to Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. As you can see I am totally … well, you can see. Tonight I’ve decided to roast a chicken to feed my last [...]
Crossing paths
Posted in Life, tagged Garden, Life, writers on 1 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ain’t it peculiar. I was putzing around in the garden today when I heard a car drive up, and who should emerge but my friendly ex, Liz Hand, mom of Callie and Tristan, along with her hapless passenger and house guest John Crowley. Crowley is an old literary hero of mine, author of (among other [...]
