My mom’s parents, Hazel and David, owned a gift store for many years in West Virginia. I have only faint memories of playing on the floor while Mom worked the cash register. In the ’80s, when the Huntington Mall opened a few miles up Rt. 60, my grandparents closed the shop and converted it into […]
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Duct-Tape Ninjas & Drunken Squirrels: My Kind of Fauna
Yes, ’tis better to give than receive. But it’s nice to receive. Valentine’s Day was so last week, but I’m still kind of basking in the glow. Oh, those little perforated greeting cards in their whispery white envelopes. Oh, the chalky conversation hearts. Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays we might see folks’ love […]
Urban Omens of the New Year
Just after the calendar flipped to 2012, I stood on a friend of a friend’s balcony in the East Village. I could see the caketopper of the Empire State Building, lit red, white and green. (Thanks to blogger Eriklyn for taking the rad photo of the Empire State Building above.) A couple of hours later, I […]