…the house I live in…

A journal of life pursued

Memoir

July 3, 2010

Just When You Thought It Safe to go Back in the Water.

Certainly no one is certain what a shark can know or not know. Continue reading

Dogs, Memoir, Nature

4th of July, Cape Elizabeth, Independence Day, Maine, Portland, seals, sharks
June 25, 2010

Swann’s Way

From Mom and Dad, 12-25-81 Continue reading

Books, Literature, Memoir, Writers

Edmund White, Julian Barnes, Moncrieff, Nothing to be Freightend of, Proust, Swan’s Way
June 21, 2010

This Land is Your Land

“A lot of hippies…” Continue reading

Creativity, Memoir

1969, Arlo Guthrie, folk music, folk singers, hippies, Ogunquit, Woodie Guthrie, Woodstock
June 4, 2010

A Summer Lake

Magic be damned, I confess that I am again seeking my sunny youth on an afternoon pier jutting out over a tranquil lake. Continue reading

Death, Life, Memoir

growing up, Maine, summer camp, youth
May 21, 2010

What do I know?

I have struggled through life as everyone else who has no family wealth, no special calling, no unique talent. Continue reading

Books, Family, Life, Literature, Memoir, Philosophy, Reading, The Examined Life

Know Thyself, Montaigne, The Examined Life
April 16, 2010

Dad

He is my father. I am his son. Continue reading

Death, Family, Memoir

Battle of the Bulge

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