Category Archives: Family

The definition of chillaxing

Posted on 2010/10/24 by chaircrusher

Me providing the human futon for my new niece Marlena.

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My Children’s Treasury Of Helpful Misinformation — now downloadable/printable

Posted on 2010/07/08 by chaircrusher

I drew a book for my niece Lucy for Christmas 2007, based on an anecdote from her mother Tessa: Tessa was in a bookstore in Park Slope Brooklyn with my niece Lucy, who was two and a half years old. … Continue reading →

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Theme From Ozone Avenue, by Lucy Kent Blake-Williams

Posted on 2010/07/07 by chaircrusher

My niece Lucy began taking music lessons. This is her first attempt at manuscript. And since she put in more intentionality than, for example, goldfish swimming or birds on telephone wires, I thought it deserved to be arranged.

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He watches Project Runway so I don’t have to

Posted on 2010/05/06 by chaircrusher

My Brother Ian, Preaching on the value of Niceness Among The Ambitious “…you’re never going to sell a book entitled “The REAL Secret: The Universe Doesn’t CARE What You Want” but I’ve seen enough nice guys (and girls) finish first … Continue reading →

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Carol Audrey Rosvald Malcolm

Posted on 2010/03/01 by chaircrusher

Tomorrow is my mother-in-law’s 80th Birthday! She has lived a remarkable life — her mom died when she was quite young, and her father couldn’t take care of her, so she bounced around, living with several relatives and family friends, … Continue reading →

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My mom’s first hand health care adventure

Posted on 2009/09/23 by chaircrusher

I just wish Limbaugh and Glen Beck, insurance execs, and the obstructionist lawmakers, could be forced to spend 40 hours on my gurney in the ER, with lines in their arms, stuck on a bedpan, surrounded by moans and cries, … Continue reading →

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Hunter C. + Ian Williams, Live @ Altamont UT

Posted on 2009/08/18 by chaircrusher

My cousin Jana’s daughter Hunter singing “Put Your Records On” accompanied by my brother Ian. I’d never heard the original version by Corinne Bailey Ray before recording Hunter singing it.  She’s 14 years old, but I think she really has … Continue reading →

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Family Reunion

Posted on 2009/08/17 by chaircrusher

This was kind of a rough family reunion, what with my cousin’s son dying 2 weeks before the reunion. It was mostly what a reunion should be, modulo occasional breakouts of tears, though I think it was net positive for … Continue reading →

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Those we lose we keep forever

Posted on 2009/06/28 by chaircrusher

Our dog Marge who has been with us since 1996 (at least, we don’t remember) died yesterday suddenly. I don’t mention this because I want sympathy, or because the world needs another ‘death of pet’ eulogy, but because some of … Continue reading →

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To all y’all mothers out there.

Posted on 2009/05/10 by chaircrusher

First off, my wife Melissa, in addition to her many other talents, is a fantastic mother. She’s so good at it she doesn’t stop with our own two kids, but will mother just about anyone she thinks needs it — … Continue reading →

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El Bosque Roto – by Lucy Kent Blake-Williams

Posted on 2009/02/14 by chaircrusher

a broken forest here’s the rain going back to the sky it’s spring there are blossoms on the trees and milk

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