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Like The Weather

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I’m bogged down with 540,903 pages to edit before 5PM, so this will be quick.

 

Here’s a picture of me and my dad.

He wasn’t allowed in the delivery room.

I wish we still had that couch.

 

Deb n Dad

 

Here’s a picture of my mom and dad at their wedding shower. He’d just said something a) dirty; b) inappropriate! or c) dirtily inappropriate.

 

Now what did he say?

 

Here’s something I wrote about rain:

 

It’s my favorite brand of rain tonight: gutsy, fierce and ghoulish.

 

The kind of rain that begins historical dramas with bonneted girls and boys snug in bed within a stone manor, where a fire blazes against a black cast iron soup pot while outside a lone darkish silhouette trudges up a wind-whipped, tree-lined pathway, travelling wearily and soon to fall prey to a headless horseman, man-wolf or Jack the Ripper attack, after which his head, limbs, or heart rolls soundlessly down the cobbled walkway to bump gently against the manor’s wooden door jamb, only to be morbidly and maybe gushily discovered by the chambermaid sweeping bits of crumb from the hearth outside.

 

Here’s a poem:

 

I remember you, pacing the corner

in all your rumple

 

Fingers corkscrewed in your hair

like a lure in a fish

 

Mouthing the fervent soundtrack

to a movie in your head

 

Come out of the corner

to stand with me here

 

The movie will be over

and you haven’t seen a thing

 

Sorry. I know — why didn’t I just shoot you?

 

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March 27, 2009 · 18 Comments

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  1. Steph says

    March 27, 2009 at 11:14 am

    I had a comment. I really did. Then I got to the photo of your parents, and everything went out of my head because it was replaced with, “Holy shiz. Deb looks like her mama.”

    I’m sorry. I’ll try harder next time.

    Reply
  2. Blognut says

    March 27, 2009 at 11:23 am

    You are so cute, Deb. Really.

    Reply
  3. stoneskin says

    March 27, 2009 at 11:39 am

    I can’t say anything apart from…

    Nice Couch

    Reply
  4. Jenn @ Juggling LIfe says

    March 27, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    It would be awesome if you had that couch–the term for it now is “mid-century chic.”

    Reply
  5. Barrie Summy says

    March 27, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    540,903 words to edit!!? You need a break. Wanna meet at the Yellow Book Road tomorrow somewhere between 11:00 and 12:30? Susan Patron’s doing a meet & greet and showing her power point again. Let me know. Very cool to have a Newbery winner in town for one more day. Just let me know….

    Reply
  6. Kizz says

    March 27, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    Wow, your mom was incredibly, stylishly beautiful and you look just like her. I love that picture of her and the expression on her face. Thanks for sharing that.

    Reply
  7. Midlife Mama says

    March 27, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    Great post! :)

    Reply
  8. bejewell says

    March 27, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    Pure awesomeness. ESPECIALLY the couch.

    Reply
  9. Chris says

    March 28, 2009 at 5:11 am

    That couch is great! And you look just like your mother – lucky you. Loved “…my favorite brand of rain…”.

    Hope you got through all 540,903 pages. Ugh.

    Reply
  10. matteroffactmommy says

    March 28, 2009 at 6:08 am

    omg, i make that look on your mom’s face too when someone says something off-color or inappropriate! and yeah, you look SO MUCH like her!

    hope you made it through the editing! :D

    Reply
  11. Da Goddess says

    March 28, 2009 at 8:30 am

    I wish I had photos of my mom and dad lo those many years ago. I probably do, too, somewhere.

    I love that you share these with us. It’s really quite sweet.

    Good luck on the work!

    Reply
  12. kate says

    March 28, 2009 at 8:35 am

    that couch? totally retro.

    your mom? you look just her.

    your mom’s hair? le sigh.

    that rain? worthy of an 800 page novel’s first page.

    Reply
  13. Anastasia says

    March 28, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    What a great picture of you and your dad! Thanks for sharing the poem too. I like the imagery.

    Reply
  14. the mama bird diaries says

    March 28, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    Love those photos. How sweet.

    Reply
  15. renee aka mekismom says

    March 29, 2009 at 5:02 am

    I wrote a comment and it was eaten. Great photos and love the poems. Believe me, my first comment was better but now, I got nothing.

    Reply
  16. Cheri @ Blog This Mom! says

    March 29, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    What my wife said.

    Reply
  17. ilinap says

    March 30, 2009 at 7:04 am

    You look just like your mom! I wish you still had that couch and I wish I had your mom’s dress.

    Reply

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