Tag: Personal
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Summer’s denouement
Memoir of my 1970s kidhood, squeezing out the last drops of summer before school started.
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This cup is already broken
On enjoying what we have while we have it.
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51
Who knew we’d carry so much when we’re in our 50s? And that it would make us look and feel older?
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Paul McCartney kind of saved my life once; he has no idea of course
A story of pushing through when I wasn’t sure I wanted to continue this life.
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Enduring comforters
Of the things you own, you never know what will last – and therefore what memories they will preserve.
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Playing by radio’s rules
When I was in my 20s, I worked part-time for a radio station. Read how the full-time staff put me firmly in my place, live on the air.
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Ich habe einen Volkswagen gekauft
Translated: I bought a Volkswagen.
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I miss my father’s voice
I miss Dad’s voice the most. It was big, deep, rich.
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A man needs to feel useful
A man needs to feel useful, like he’s adding value or involved in something meaningful. I don’t think my dad felt that way in the last years of his life. His choices led him there. I can’t tell whether to feel sad or frustrated.
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Re-integrating joy
My story of finding joy, which involved getting in touch with my inner 3-year-old.
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Grieving the relationship I wanted but never could have with my father
It was on a 1990 road trip with my father that I began to see that he might never be able to have a man-to-man relationship with me.
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Telling Dad’s stories
As I’ve thought about how to tell the stories of my father and me I’ve wrestled with how I will handle some challenges I experienced with him that caused some damage in me. Here’s what I’ve decided.