March 2003
Now that we have a bit of a reprieve from gift-giving with Valentine’s Day a distant bloody memory, I thought I’d offer some gift-giving advice….some very specific gift-giving advice. Here it is – portraits of the gift-recipient are not good gifts.
Did you get it? It was very quick. But you know the gifts which [...]
Author Archives: kelsey
One Man’s Gift
Dear Mister Rogers,
February 2003
I read yesterday that you died. Stomach cancer. That makes me sadder than sad. Even in the kindest people, things can turn rotten. I guess I thought you’d never die. And in a sense, you won’t. I’m sure you have enough “Neighborhoods” in the can to cover the next five or six generations of [...]
Oh Kelley
April 2003
Kelley. Kelley. Kelley. I guess no one ever told this girl that absence makes the heart grow fonder. What started out as a ten day tour…a ten day tour…may turn into a ten year stay in a federal detention center for Kelley Marie Ferguson. And the LA facility doesn’t offer in-room heated rock massages [...]
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Shock and Awe: Revisited
Three things strike me about this post and this point in time, Spring 2003:
1. That I was 31 once…for an entire year supposedly.
2. That there was a beginning to this war.
3. That shock and awe didn’t work the way they were hoping it would.
AWE, SHOCKS
I was just on the phone with my pal Jennifer Myszkowski. [...]
A Bridge Too Slow
I stood in the absolute zero cold last Friday and watched this bike bridge go into place. I sped up the footage but it’s still mind-numbingly slow. Even with old-timey music beneath it, a sure-fire way to speed anything up, it’s still a glacial process. Think of it as a meditation.
Posted in Flip Happy Tagged bike bridge, Northampton Rail Trail, Rail Trail, rusty cage Leave a comment
Our Run for the Border
Posted in Flip Happy Tagged Dan Manseau, fast food frenzy, Jaime Olander, Northampton Taco Bell 1 Comment
Pre-Snow Jitters
Posted in Flip Happy Tagged Bob O'Dingle, downtown Northampton, live fake weather updates Leave a comment
A Canine Christmas Pageant
Posted in Willa Tagged blanket on dog's head, canine christmas pageant, virgin terrier Leave a comment
Favorite Memory of My Dad’s (#3)
One of many memories of my dad’s career at NBC.