"I even have cuff links," he tells me happily, tugging at the sleeve of his jacket to show me. They're very nice, I assure him. They match your ring.The tux fits him well, tracing the long, lean lines of his body. I take some pictures with our phone cams. He is smiling in the picture I take with my phone, formal and distinguished in the one I take ( Read more... )

He holds me tight, as though I were a lifeline, and does not let go. I hold him too, and love him, and grieve for the pain he is in.
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A sprite came dancing round the giant oak tree in the grove, where a lonely troll had made his home, with hearth and bed and stove. Through the bark and through the leaves the sprite's enchanting music flew, and the troll came out the door to hear this song so wondrous new ( Read more... )

From a seat at the foot of the escalator I see him descending. It is now midnight. He has been traveling since 3am that day, and is too tired for enthusiasm; I adjust to his calm demeanor. We find his luggage and leave the airport ( Read more... )

I step from my car onto the sidewalk and walk along a mosaic of pale green, brown, and yellow winter grass. At the porch I stop and wonder how I will contrive to care for the lawn when the time comes; I'm only now getting in from work at 8pm. It's a bit of luck, I muse, that the household reasonably maintains itself. Then suddenly I freeze -- the ( Read more... )

I exist in a state of the slightly unreal ( Read more... )

6:33PM
With twenty seven minutes remaining to get to Ventana del Sol I instant message Duder one last shot at enlightenment.

Me: and just to double check, you do NOT want to go to a spoken word event, right?
Me: (whatever that is)
Duder: right, nope on the go
Me: ok! cya later homee!

6:35PMI'm gracious on the outside but inside I'm snickering and ( Read more... )

Nephew: http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/Me: "Hipster #2: I'm not pretentious because I'm an American who uses chopsticks; I'm pretentious because I speak fluent Latin ( Read more... )

The Brothers Karamazov just do NOT know when to shut up.
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I hadn't really wanted to go, but he wouldn't take no for an answer. Now we're at the show, and he leans over and whispers in my ear: "It's a totally different experience from this close to the stage. You can see the expressions on their faces ( Read more... )