On Saturday night Regina was fortunate enough to attend the U2 concert at TCF Stadium. Her ticket was in a luxury box with great food and easy parking and she experienced the concert with other attorneys from her firm. It was a stormy night in the Twin Cities and despite the rain U2 played a [...]
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With or Without Me
Posted in Books Read/ing, Henry, Iowa Writer's Workshop, Music on July 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
To Be Two
Posted in Books Read/ing, Henry, Iowa Writer's Workshop, Thanksgivings on July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This summer has flown by. Even with the withering heat and humidity, the days seem to race by. Everything has been easy and fluid – no forced sorties down to Ioway. No grading papers. No requisite workshop letter-writing. No emails to answer from students. Just pleasant mornings with Henry. Cereal and milk and oatmeal and [...]
Summer Half Gone
Posted in Books Read/ing, Henry, Poems, Thanksgivings on June 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It feels that way – that pretty soon I’ll be back on Highway 35 heading down to Ioway. In truth, I still have a little less than two months here in Minnesota with Regina and Henry, but I am astonished at quickly the time has flown by. And I haven’t been as effective as I [...]
Back (In Black)
Posted in Fiction, Henry, Iowa Writer's Workshop on April 28, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Alright, I’ve been away from Light Travels Faster Downhill for a period now approaching two months. I have some good reasons: 1.) I’ve been thinking about my stories. A lot. As in, staying up at night, laying in bed, wrestling with imaginary characters and invisible plot lines, etc. In the last three weeks and specifically [...]
The Fatherhood Files
Posted in Excess and/or Senses, Henry, Thanksgivings on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A new essay up on The Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/The-Home-Forum/2011/0209/The-fatherhood-files
Sundogs and the American Highway
Posted in America, Books Read/ing, Fiction, Henry, Poems on February 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The easiest thing I suppose, is for people to talk to me about the driving, and they’re always nice and sympathetic. It must be tough they say. So many miles, so many hours. But there really isn’t any other way for us to make this thing work, so I’ve always just pushed through. Done the [...]
Back Down To Ioway
Posted in Henry, Ioway, Poems on January 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This weekend was all about getting healthy: getting Henry’s sore bum healed and getting Regina healthy too. Everyone (except me) has been sick, which doesn’t make the going any easier for Regina without me around Monday night through Thursday night. Last Thursday in fact, I cut my class short so I could hit the highway [...]
Back To School
Posted in Books Read/ing, Cinema, Fiction, Henry, Iowa Writer's Workshop, Ioway, Poems on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Come Monday, I’ll be back on the road. Driving south down to Ioway. What a terrific month it has been. I am ready to get back to my studies, my teaching, my writing, my reading, my friends, and my academic routine. But a month at home with Henry has been amazing. I am already excited [...]
Of Pheasants & Old Friends: Dispatch from Ioway
Posted in Henry, Iowa Writer's Workshop, Ioway on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This old house is cold. I’m wearing three layers of garments and laying in bed. I should have more blankets but I keep forgetting to bring them south from Minnesota. I just took a shower to warm up for even a little while. The coffee cup resting on the window-sill has even grown cold. Swan [...]
Thirty One
Posted in Excess and/or Senses, Henry, Iowa Writer's Workshop, Thanksgivings on September 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »
It isn’t an easy thing, to sit down and survey your life, the last year. Tally your highs and lows with honesty. But I feel very blessed, even as I spend this night away from Regina and Henry. Much of the last year was spent at our little home in Madison, nurturing Henry and learning [...]
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