by toby | May 18, 2011 | Life
Rite of passage –noun 1. Anthropology . a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan. 2. any important act or...
by toby | May 14, 2011 | Life
Everything about this trip has been wonderfully smooth. Mom picked us up in the Red Rocket (aka sister’s van) and dropped us off at the curb of the airport where Mike had the porter take away our bags, and with preprinted boarding passes, we just walked to the gate....
by toby | May 8, 2011 | Life
Our girl is graduating from college this coming Saturday. In a fugue state, I address the announcements. How did it happen so fast? I still remember the scent of the back of her infant neck, a peachy milky perfume, and the feel of her velvety bald head against my...
by toby | May 5, 2011 | Life
I did a dumb thing yesterday. Dumber than posting about porn? Yes, yes it was. I reposted this: Then I read this: Washington Post. And a few more blogs. The dude (who I thought was Denzel Washington) is really Malcolm X. The quote, butchered bits from a lady in Japan...
by toby | May 4, 2011 | Life
I'm going to do a more controversial post again (brewing on another hot topic right now), but I thought a change of pace might be nice. We writers try to do that in our work, mix the sour with the sweet, follow action with consolidation. We don't want to exhaust our...
by toby | May 2, 2011 | Life
I'm not comfortable being controversial and my last post was my first real foray into strong opinion and divisive topic. It's making me squirm, and brace myself every time I log onto my computer. Not only that, people are talking to me in PERSON about the blog, and...