Category: scribbler
Me, Nick Flynn, and Vicodin.
Me, on Vicodin (inspired by Nick Flynn) I hate Vicodin. Ten years ago, at…
Night Moves
I lay in bed from Late Night O’Clock until Time for Work O’Thirty. The list of the things I got done included vomit and sex, but not, you know, in the fun way.
Can I be honest?
Big Edie: Can I tell you something?
Me: Can I stop you? Seriously, is there anyway to stop you?
Why Avonte?
800,000 children disappear each year; one every 40 seconds. Every kid deserves this kind of effort. But, they don’t get it, there aren’t enough resources. So, why is Avonte Oquendo any more deserving than 799,999 other missing kids?
1957 Rambler Rebel
Big Edie: I feel sorry for the men in your life. You take the nice ones and twist their minds, and you take the crazy ones and push them right over the edge.
jukebox brains
There’s a crappy, outdated jukebox in my head, and someone is sneaking quarters into my mouth while I sleep.
it’s only folk music, but we like it
Big Edie, Lyle Lovett, Bruce Springsteen and the battle between Valium and Ativan
The Next Big Thing Blog Hop
One of the best things about an MFA program is the chance to meet with,…
a hand full of oregano
what’s the sound of two edies talking? Scene: Big Edie’s 91-year-old beau’s birthday dinner. With…
Is this seat taken?
Five years ago, I moved to Jackson Heights, Queens – a neighborhood known for its…
Walking with Big Edie
what’s the sound of two edies talking? Scene: The park near her house, getting some…
on suggesting a gerontologist
what’s the sound of two edies talking? Me: Ma, I just think it’s time to…
curmudgebot
Dear Spambots, I am not Black. Or Christian. Or Dating. So, please, enough with all that….
in the beginning, there was my little mommy
My mother was born on Friday the 13th, except it was a Thursday. Don’t bother…