My sister and I last night watched An American Crime, the sickening real-life story of Gertrude Baniszewski, a disturbed Indianapolis housewife who in the summer and fall of
Category: Memoir
Lent 2013, Day 4: Hello, Old Friend
In the morning, I told my colleague I didn’t have time to go out for lunch with him on Friday. But as he turned away from my cubicle I reconsidered. After all, it was the day before a holiday weekend, there weren’t many people in the office, and I hadn’t gone to lunch outside in… Continue reading Lent 2013, Day 4: Hello, Old Friend
Lent 2013, Day 3: Sacrifices and the Cee-ment Pond
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. One year when I was a child, my Lenten sacrifice was not to watch The Beverly Hillbillies. Now, while that may sound impressive if you’re of a certain age, it really wasn’t.… Continue reading Lent 2013, Day 3: Sacrifices and the Cee-ment Pond
Lent 2013, Day 2: Of Rust and Change
“It’s rusting underneath,” my mechanic said recently after changing the oil and rotating the tires on my 1991 Camry. “I’d say you have a year, but I wouldn’t push it to two.” My ex and I bought the car used from a Cincinnati area dealer in 1998 after I’d been rear-