Tag: nostalgia

• Forever in Blue Jeans

  Jan 5

  Forever in Blue Jeans by Gene Lysick is a memoir-style reflection on aging, time, and the way objects hold memory.… more ›

• A Kairos Moment

  Aug 5

  I was seven and on an errand for my Nana. I left the house in its usual bedlam, my brother… more ›

• Rambler

  Jul 8

  Every year my dad took me and my mother on our traditional summer vacation. This year would be different. We… more ›

• Do the Crawfish Know How Cold It Is?

  Apr 22

  The second time I almost killed my brother in front of my godfather it was on a warm Wisconsin day… more ›

• Ashore

  Apr 22

  Rememberingthe day the ship finallycame into port.Wicked cold –so windy too, that morning –needed an overcoat, a scarf.The only clouds… more ›

• Meat Masks

  Apr 9

  Every time I carve 5oz of tender chicken breast from a warm Giant Eagle or Walmart Rotisserie Chicken, I think… more ›

• LASTING

  Feb 3

  Rose of Sharon budsWindblown and scatteredAt the peak of their beauty,Delicate veined andDying.As children we oftenCaught bees inside themPinched open… more ›

• PROLOGUE

  Jan 19

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• Where it all began and ended

  Dec 6

  (A tribute to my father) The slightest smell of evaporated milk takes me back to a favorite childhood memory; I… more ›

• Sacked

  Dec 2

  It is 4:15 p.m.  Dinnertime.   The crowd roars on the TV in the living room area adjacent to the dining… more ›