Author Archives: James

I attended the dinner and toast to graduating seniors. My attendance was marginally fortuitous and rather abrupt. At 1:00 this afternoon, I learned that tonight’s recording of the cable show was cancelled due to the producer’s illness. Jennifer was out … Continue reading →

Today is the beginning of the end. I walked into the classroom this evening – the first day of my final college course – and was immediately deluged with memories of my first day of my first college course. It … Continue reading →

On this, the 58th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death, I finished reading The World We Live In. My great-grandmother, who had owned the book for over thirty years, gifted me the large, heavy, rust-colored book on this day in 1991. … Continue reading →

February is a better month than January. Mostly because it’s around ten percent shorter. At least February is honest with us. January sneaks in with duplicitous joviality – kicking off with a party and then spending the first day as … Continue reading →

As part of my efforts to be viewed as a non-shitty parent, I walk with Owen to his jiu jitsu class on Monday evenings. It’s only three blocks from the Zimmerman Compound and, when he first enrolled, he walked there … Continue reading →