Me providing the human futon for my new niece Marlena.
Category: Family
My Children’s Treasury Of Helpful Misinformation — now downloadable/printable
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. Lucy tells Tessa “Mommy, let me read to you!” So Tessa sits down with Lucy,… Continue reading My Children’s Treasury Of Helpful Misinformation — now downloadable/printable
Theme From Ozone Avenue, by Lucy Kent Blake-Williams
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. [audio:http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/LucysTheme.mp3|titles=Theme From Ozone Avenue|artists=Lucy Kent Blake-Williams (arr. Chaircrusher)]
He watches Project Runway so I don’t have to
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 to wonder why everyone else is being such a dick about it.” I’ve resolved to… Continue reading He watches Project Runway so I don’t have to
Carol Audrey Rosvald Malcolm
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, and was living on her own before she was out of high school. She taught… Continue reading Carol Audrey Rosvald Malcolm
My mom’s first hand health care adventure
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, and barfing.
Hunter C. + Ian Williams, Live @ Altamont UT
[audio:Hunter+Ian-PutYourRecordsOn.mp3] 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 a fresh take on it — she sings it in her own voice, without… Continue reading Hunter C. + Ian Williams, Live @ Altamont UT
Family Reunion
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 my cousin, because grief shared is a little easier. My favorite moment was pretty much… Continue reading Family Reunion
Those we lose we keep forever
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 you who follow my blog have actually been to my house and met Marge. If… Continue reading Those we lose we keep forever
To all y’all mothers out there.
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 — our dogs, neighborhood kids, random sketchy teenagers, Lucas’ college friends he brings home to hang… Continue reading To all y’all mothers out there.
El Bosque Roto – by Lucy Kent Blake-Williams
a broken forest here’s the rain going back to the sky it’s spring there are blossoms on the trees and milk