Archive for Parents/Children/Family
Today is the thirteenth anniversary of the day my father was killed. A lot of years, I get tense and irritable in the couple of weeks leading up to the anniversary. This year, I’ve been pretty much fine. A little sad, and a little scattered (have had a hard time focusing and a hard time […]
Last night, I had dinner with family, and audio-recorded some family stories, and received two amazing troves of family documents:...
We've digitized a set of 23 letters from my mother to her parents, dated 1964 through 1968; I've been posting...
I spent today mostly hanging out with family, which was great. Saw one niece in a production of Lion King...
A couple years ago, I was given an amazing trove: a dozen letters from my mother to her parents, written...
Twelve years ago today, my father was killed. I've been off-kilter for the past couple weeks; sometimes fine, sometimes sad...
In today's mail: Another envelope from the FBI! In response to my FOIA request about my father, which I filed...
Among my old family papers is a folder containing a handwritten document by my grandmother Helen, in which she described...
For weeks, I've been meaning to post here, but I keep shying away, for reasons not entirely clear to me....
I recently had occasion to stop by Addiction is..., a collection of about fifteen nonfiction pieces that, individually and together,...
A while back, Google created a system for viewing VR/360° videos called “Google Spotlight Stories.” You can view the short...
Dreamed I was watching an amazing sunset, with impressionistic splotches of fiery purple and sullen bruise-like maroon and bright crimson...