HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY. If you are someone who has pushed another human out of your body and managed to keep … More
Category: Grandma
Your Unauthorized Biography
When we die, each one of us leaves behind an archive. How much control do we have over that material … More
Demolition
On Saturday, they tore down the house where I grew up. It was never “my house,” but rather always “grandma’s … More
I’ll Walk, Thanks
On hot summer days in Coeur d’Alene during my childhood, I walked to the beach barefoot. It was about six … More
Quantified Love
Over the past couple of years I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, writing, talking, and…er…quantifying about the Quantified Self … More
The End of the Story… Or Is It?
In grandma’s 1942 diary, she added a note on February 6, 1944. Up til the first part of June this … More
A love story with missing pieces
This week I received the final batch of letters from Zip to my grandma, all the way up to August, … More
Thirty Years
Thirty years ago today, life as I knew it ended. The last night of my childhood was frosty and silent. … More
Letters from Zip
I admit it, when I got a packet of photocopied letters from my grandma’s first love on my birthday last … More
Trapped in 1942
For the past few months I’ve been painstakingly transcribing my grandma’s diary from 1942. I say painstakingly because, wow, that … More