Stuff on my mind
I. Criterion has picked up the rights to my favorite movie. There has not been a US release on DVD so far. Hopefully Criterion will do a decent treatment of it.
II. More than a decade has passed since I put a former life away. For reasons even I don't understand, I kept a single memento from that time. This past weekend, with little ceremony and much absinthe, I destroyed that last reminder. I don't think I need it anymore. Farewell.
III. My father is suffering from an abdominal hernia. In his Chicken Little tradition, he thinks he might die from it. I assured him he is not, but he's still worrying about it.
IV. About a month before my mother died, she asked to see me privately. She wanted to talk about... not so much the afterlife, but of the transition. A few weeks prior, she had a close call and experienced what was probably a NDE. I was the only person she knew who has done any research into this sort of thing. I think it was one of the few times I can remember when my mother came to me to talk about something she couldn't talk to with anyone else. I felt very special that day. I don't know if I was able to answer her questions to her satisfaction, but my father told me a couple days after she died that after our talk, she was a lot less scared.
V. We are going to build a memorial garden for my mother in the backyard of my parent's house. We've decided to make it a fun summer project. When it's done, I'll post pictures.
VI. Sadly, after years of trying to make it a go, my brother in law walked away from his hotel business in Michigan. Months of bad weather plus economic hard times in that area just proved to be too much. I am sorry for him, and he feels bad about it, but it's nice to have him back with his family.
That's what's happening in my head right now. We'll be back with traffic and weather on the 8's.
II. More than a decade has passed since I put a former life away. For reasons even I don't understand, I kept a single memento from that time. This past weekend, with little ceremony and much absinthe, I destroyed that last reminder. I don't think I need it anymore. Farewell.
III. My father is suffering from an abdominal hernia. In his Chicken Little tradition, he thinks he might die from it. I assured him he is not, but he's still worrying about it.
IV. About a month before my mother died, she asked to see me privately. She wanted to talk about... not so much the afterlife, but of the transition. A few weeks prior, she had a close call and experienced what was probably a NDE. I was the only person she knew who has done any research into this sort of thing. I think it was one of the few times I can remember when my mother came to me to talk about something she couldn't talk to with anyone else. I felt very special that day. I don't know if I was able to answer her questions to her satisfaction, but my father told me a couple days after she died that after our talk, she was a lot less scared.
V. We are going to build a memorial garden for my mother in the backyard of my parent's house. We've decided to make it a fun summer project. When it's done, I'll post pictures.
VI. Sadly, after years of trying to make it a go, my brother in law walked away from his hotel business in Michigan. Months of bad weather plus economic hard times in that area just proved to be too much. I am sorry for him, and he feels bad about it, but it's nice to have him back with his family.
That's what's happening in my head right now. We'll be back with traffic and weather on the 8's.