Category: This; And also that

“You want a piece of me, chair?”

said my five-year old tonight, dressed in full Batman togs, before delivering 360 degrees of pain to the sides, the back, the seat of our oversized wooden rocking chair. “Hunh? Chairie?” he cooed. “You want a piece of me, Chairie?”…

It’s your prerogative

I’m surprised you’d say that. I mean, you’ve read the articles, right? I sent you the articles, so you must have read them. Which means you know all about my generation and the way we transformed pipe-cleaner-beading from a sort…

Pacing

Jake has lived with these dogs for four years now. They pace around his cage on dry paws. He rotates as they pace, tracking their progress but never catching their eyes. He learned this truth in the first few weeks:…

“Justice Legal”

This weekend my 5-year old asked: “wouldn’t it be funny if ‘Justice League’ was ‘Justice Legal’”? Like it was some hit ABC show, where big-city super heroes practice the law wearing costumes. Never using their super powers just, you know…

Dark Blue

The car was a used Chrysler LeBaron convertible parked just around the corner. Dark blue and dented, it had lived a bumpy life. They got in and Cal started the engine. And when he shifted, the car rumbled and fought…