Monthly Archives: December 2008

5 course chef’s tasting menu dayboat scallops on potato purée with chanterelle mushrooms and veal demi Wine: 2005 Rousset Crozes-Hermitage bison tartare with potato crisp and caper aïoli Wine: 2007 Marchesi Incisa della Rochetta Grignolino d’Asti, Italy (Courtesy course): shaved … Continue reading →

This is probably my favorite Christmas story ever. The day after Christmas a number of years ago, I was driving down a country road in Texas. And it was a bitter cold, cold morning. And walking ahead of me on … Continue reading →

The Ballad of the Harp Weaver Edna St. Vincent Millay “SON,” said my mother, When I was knee-high, “You’ve need of clothes to cover you, And not a rag have I. “There’s nothing in the house To make a boy … Continue reading →

From “Six Winter Privacy Poems” III More of the fathers are dying each day. It is time for the sons. Bits of darkness are gathering around them. The darkness appears as flakes of light.

12/21/07 – On their 44th anniversary, dad comes home from the hospital. Despite coming home, he still has problems swallowing, hence, eating. This will continue to be an issue. Today would have been their 45th anniversary. I’m glad my mother … Continue reading →

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A year ago today: 12/13/07 – I speak by phone with the neurosurgeon, who says he doesn’t know why dad has “struggled.” Dad’s recovery is not typical, but given he’s had a chunk of his brain taken out, we understand … Continue reading →