Kathleen A. Gagne August 12th, 2013 @ 8:10 am PDT
My mom died one year ago today. It simultaneously feels like it was only yesterday and like it was a thousand years ago. I miss her so much that there is an actual ache in my heart. She died much too young. It was undeserved and unfair and unjust and I still rage inside that […]
Runaway July 12th, 2013 @ 10:32 pm PDT
One of my favorite memories of my mom — of my entire childhood, actually — is singing Runaway by Del Shannon in the car with her and my little sister while driving to St. Paul’s Catholic elementary school. I love that song. She loved that song. She loved singing that song. Mom loved music. And […]
The Horizon Is a Beltway May 10th, 2013 @ 8:42 am PDT
On losing my mother
Eight April 7th, 2013 @ 6:27 am PDT
Today makes it eight months since my mom died. She died on August 12th. I was sitting in the car in the parking lot of Centinela Feed on Pico, waiting with my son for my wife to get some cat food, when my phone rang. A nurse at Woodland Terrace named Ida Alvis — a […]
Gorilla Sales Skyrocket After Latest Gorilla Attack January 11th, 2013 @ 8:37 am PST
I saw a link to this story in my Twitter feed, and then I saw several people linking to it on Facebook, and I chuckled at the title. The Onion has made me smile on such a consistent basis over the years; I seriously hope the people that work there are paid well, because they […]
Like a Lizard on a Window Pane December 16th, 2012 @ 4:30 pm PST
Battleground America: One Nation, Under the Gun Jovan Belcher and Adam Lanza Were Not Militias To Keep and Bear Arms You’ve probably seen and read the blog post I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother all over Facebook. (The title was recently changed to “Thinking the Unthinkable”, but it’s the same blog post.) Before you start frantically […]
Hate September 14th, 2012 @ 1:43 pm PDT
I have a friend who always snaps at anyone who dramatically uses the word “hate”. If someone says, “I hate the layout of this website,” or, “I hate getting stuck at this traffic light,” he will respond, “No. You don’t.” “You don’t hate this layout. You hate cancer. You hate communism.” He’s right, of course. […]
My Contacts August 29th, 2012 @ 10:33 am PDT
In which I am angry about an app
Death and All of His Friends August 17th, 2012 @ 7:28 pm PDT
Death sucks.
Finding a Box of Family Letters May 3rd, 2012 @ 5:15 am PDT
This poem is beautiful.
