Category Archives: Memories and Ruminations

Traditions—gotta love ’em

Some shots of the new studio room: (and the lovely musical son):     More Christmas  While in our house the Great Thanksgiving Feast is about food, ritual, family and tradition (is that the same as ritual?), the Great Christmas … Continue reading

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November Short

A few pictures of our November adventures:  I am not including shots of the Closing Up of the New Addition.  I will take pictures of the piano, in state in the still unfinished, but now useable studio space.   Instead, … Continue reading

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November Ghosts

On my blog roll, you’ll find my friend Rachel’s blog. She’s the mother of seven who almost died on the mountain with me. She’s writing about her experience with Levi, her 6th child who has a very rare and terrible … Continue reading

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Large Syringe/Shorter Ghost

Nov 1, 2007 The little absurdities of life (or—another excuse not to sit down and face writing the last chapters of the latest book). Scene: my house with Ginna in it. Ginna (pointing at me): Max, what’s her name? Max … Continue reading

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Once upon a mountain—

Here I am, Feb 2012, looking back at this.  I had to reinsert the images.  I’ve gone through it on the fly.  To this day, we relive this in our dreams.  To this day, we’ve none of us had a … Continue reading

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Summer

JULY 20, 2007 Crickets. For some reason, this is the first I’ve heard them in a very long time. An age ago when I was a child, susceptible to magic, and visiting my grandmother in what had to be for … Continue reading

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