Photo credit: Chelsea Hadley. In which Reinhardt talks about why she rarely uses her notebook, how her first book may have been the easiest to write, and getting a sixteen-year-old to translate into IM. Dana Reinhardt is the author of…
Great-grandfather’s beard
been thinking about my great-grandfather’s beard. I can’t compete with that. Puffy-white sketched lawyer-still. Coffee, ironed tablecloths, small spoons. Not one drop swings loose. Cigars for all. Corona de Luxe smoke drifts over old Europe squares. Sons in perfect pose.…
This is magical
Smoke Alarm
Smoke alarm went off last night for no reason. Hoping I didn’t die and don’t know it. Apologies if next time you see me I’m a scary ghost. 0
Bad words
Meatballs (the movie) caused me to explain slurs to my kids the other day. Looking for a less-than-awful example, I stumbled on this lost memory: As noted else-blog, I lived in Holland for a stretch while growing up. There I…
driving
driving home late telling my eyes it’s just about time to open wide, let in a few headlights reveal the back of my head. clang noises clanging back there still clanging away let the headlights shine on in. 0
Disappointed
Sad to learn today that all those robocalls weren’t actually being made by robots. I guess it would have taken a lot of campaign resources to create an army of robo-Feinsteins and robo-Newsoms. I can’t blame them for focusing on…