barrington99@gmail.com For the past few days I’ve been dragging myself over coals on a couple of short stories like they meant everything. Not that they mean nothing. But at the same time I had my little scare…because when you are like me, everything is a little scare…constipation, a cold, an ache, an odd looking sore. So … Read more
I should have interesting things to say, but instead I mostly have a litany of tasks accomplished or to be accomplished! Accomplished: Two eight-page essays and and a 15 page paper, some progress on two short stories that I fear has made them worse not better, and 16 student papers graded. To be accomplished: 11 … Read more
Yesterday everyone came home…well actually Mom arrived in Sarasota around midnight on Tuesday, but close enough. Wednesday mid-morning I hit the road, and even managed to make it back to Tallahassee for my evening Victorian Literature class, the last of the semester. Dad was discharged from the hospital…so anyone who was planning to call there … Read more
Another day at the hospital…The biggest news is probably that Dad’s pathology report came back and was very favorable (for being cancer of course.)The tumor was stage one, which means it had not broken through the intestinal wall, nor was there any lymph involvement. It is very unlikely that any oncologist will advise further treatment … Read more
Although periodically disoriented, and consistently in some pain, Dad made good progress today. Right at the beginning of the day they put him in a chair. He dozed for most of an hour before going back to bed. When they came to bathe him he was confused about the day, saying that he had “just … Read more
(It always seems to happen so fast…For the next few days, I’ll let this blog become my place to post updates my Dad’s health, giving more detailed account than one might want to give over the phone too many times.) Yesterday I was lying in the backyard at a friend’s house. Though books and student … Read more
I’ve never had a great memory for names or dates. Interestingly, I do often remember conversations pretty closely (even if I can’t recall when they occurred or who with). For instance, I remember emerging from the movie, Memento, with a friend (who knows me well). He asked me, “What was that like to see your … Read more
Today is the day my weekend catches up with me. I have been reading stories and writing critiques for my fiction workshop almost all day. If I ever finish, I’ll start grading papers. Finally went outside for a nice long walk around 5pm. Something else that has been on my mind a lot this week … Read more
Today was our five year anniversary, which I think is maybe traditionally about some material that isn’t yet a precious metal, probably like paper or wood or turquoise…Wait, I’ll google it…wood. Anyway, for us it was worms, as we travelled forty minutes southeast of Tallahassee to Sopchoppy–home of the sixth annual Worm Gruntin’ Festival. Paul … Read more
So here in Tallahassee on the first Friday evening of every month there is something called “First Friday.” This takes place at Railroad Square, which I guess could be called the “arts district.” On First Friday a number of studios, warehouses and a couple of storefronts occupied by artists are open to the public, and … Read more