Shimmering fabric, delicate stitching, sparkling sequins, and warm, tiny seed pearls. All of it swathed in yellowing plastic and stuffed in a dilapidated box, a veteran of four moves in two years. Not my wedding dress, but my predecessor's. When one marries for the second time, particularly when one marries a widow(er), one encounters …
Month: August 2017
Who Are You?
From my mother, I grew up with very specific ideas about who I am genetically. We were Irish, "Descended from Jonathan Kelly, who stowed away aboard the Mayflower to get here and practice his Catholic faith in freedom from the English swine who stole our language and religion." My mother had opinions on the English. …
Then One Day, I Knew the Headline
It was and is a rough school, where I once worked. The surrounding area and schools feeding into the 5A High School were tough, with a student population of whom more than 50% were Economically Disadvantaged, and there were a lot of the troubles that seem to come with living in a poor neighborhood. There …
Southern Fried Californian 