There are holes in our minivan. Rust, left unaddressed, ate its way through the metal. And now there are holes.
Friday I decided to paint the sections which were without paint and were unholey. Saturday I decided to deal with the holes.
After searching for “DIY auto repair rust” in my favorite search engine, I ended up […]
Bondo-ing
November 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Remembering The Past-
Yours and Theirs
August 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I was visiting my Mom this weekend, and she was cleaning out her basement. She gave me several boxes of my childhood mementos to take home. Some of these things, like the stamps made out of old linoleum, and the prints on manilla paper are clearly destined for the trash bin. But what do I […]
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Senescence
June 18th, 2008 · 22 Comments
Dylan Thomas wrote these beautiful lines in 1951:
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Every time I talk with my grandmother on the telephone, I am reminded of Thomas’ poem. My grandmother is 101. (Yes, I’m sure; […]
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