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Adam, I know you don’t normally relax in front of movies like the Zodiac , but wouldn’t you agree with me that you and Fincher have much in common? “Just the facts: two homicide detectives, a crime reporter and a political cartoonist spend decades knocking themselves out to catch a serial killer who never (officially) […]

This was a poem that was recited at the end of the movie Smoke Signals, a movie about two Native American friends who go on a journey to find and forgive absent fathers. Their smoke signals are cries for help. The movie was just fair but the ending was wonderful, with this poem being recited […]

Matthew picks on me about my saggy breasts, my pencil-thin biceps, and the clothes I wear, which he claims are all various shades of gray. When we took him out to eat in Philadelphia, way back during Parent’s Weekend, he rode me into the brown oak table upon which sat my non-alcoholic beer. Well, Matt, […]

Six common poses of grandson Conor at 7 weeks. Pouting. Smiling. Sleeping. Bathing. Crying. Eating.

I A storm of white petals, Buds throwing open baby fists Into hands of broad flowers. II Red roses running upward, Clambering to the clutches of life Soaked in crimson. III Rabbles of tattered leaves Holding golden flimsy hopes Against the tramplings Into the pits and gullies. IV Hoarfrost and silence: Only the muffling Of […]