Archive for the 'Commonplaces' Category

Sandman

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

It’s been ten years since Mark Sandman died.

Ah, to be king

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Excuse me if I
have some place in my mind
where I go time to time
—Tom Petty

Madelynisms

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Yes, the exclamation point is default punctuation for Little Miss Intense.

Can I watch Dora for a little bit?
Mama, your toothpaste tastes NASTY!
Oh. It’s the merry-go-round song again! I turned it on with my foot.
But we don’t have a rhinoceros!
Does anybody want to go to the… children’s museum?
Daddy, you’re sweaty. Get in the shower right now!
My [...]

Minneapolis

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

And all the rooms, they smell like diesel
And you take on the dreams of the ones who have slept there
And I’m lost in the window
And I hide on the stairway, and I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat
And no one brings anything small into a bar around here
—Tom Waits

Alone

Friday, August 1st, 2008

My girls are coming home

August

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Pacing myself…

Music with Madelyn

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005

Listening to the Cowboy Junkies with Madelyn

My eyes are like hers

Friday, September 16th, 2005

Thinking back to September 2000