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Category Archives: Family
Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: On the Road Again…
Well, I was, anyway, traveling to Nashville to visit family and friends, and to celebrate my cousin Jack’s 60th birthday. It was my first extended trip that way since before COVID, so I felt as though I had catching up … Continue reading
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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Mother’s Day and Other Things
Mrs. M is treating herself to a relaxing Mother’s Day afternoon chat with the Spawn, so I’m at the office, unwinding after yesterday’s Commencement exercises. So let’s get to it, shall we? *** As I said, yesterday was graduation day … Continue reading
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Now We Are (twenty-) Six
Well, the Spawn is, anyway. And Tiger, if you’re reading this, I know you’re grown up, with a career and a girlfriend and an apartment and all that. . . . . . but I trust you’ll excuse me if … Continue reading
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“Mondo, Mondo, Where Have You Been?”
“Up to Terpville and back again.” Friday morning, I set out for the airport in Greenville-Spartanburg, in order to spend the first half of my Spring Break visiting the Spawn at her new apartment. The drive was easy enough, and … Continue reading
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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri:
It’s been a gorgeous weekend in Mondoville; I spent enough of yesterday afternoon outside to get pinked up, though not scorched or sore, and I’m currently in my office with the window open and the TeenBeat Mayhem stream providing my … Continue reading
Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Coronation Edition
No, not that guy in England — nothing against him, but this one’s closer to home. *** A public schoolteacher’s career is like an iceberg; most people never see most of it. Yes, there’s the grading, lesson planning, and assorted … Continue reading
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Sunday Night Potpourri: Wild Card Edition
I’m watching my erstwhile home team, the Cincinnati Bengals, in the first round of the playoffs. I’ve only watched a few NFL games this season — my tastes run more toward the college game these days, and have for years. … Continue reading
Poetry Corner: A Swing by Shropshire
I’ve mentioned before that the 1951 “Mid-Century [combined] Edition” of Louis Untermeyer’s Modern American and Modern English Poetry was a formative text in my life. In 1971 or ’72, my dad handed me the book, which he or some other … Continue reading
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Sunday Night Potpourri: Back Home Edition
Yesterday concluded my impromptu chauffeur duties as I schlepped home from Terpville. The traffic itself wasn’t too bad, and even flowed pretty smoothly through the 95 meatgrinder south of DC. However, conditions were rainy and misty throughout, which again made … Continue reading
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And Suddenly, A Road Trip
Greetings from Terpville, and I wasn’t expecting it either. You’ll recall that the Spawn and Squeeze came to the Mid-Century Mondohaus for Yuletide cheer, and it was good. Except… … They flew Southwest, so not only was their return flight … Continue reading
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