Conversations with Jessica, illustrated
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On the trouble with the truth, part 2
Jessica and I are eating at the Mad Greek, our favorite place to go when she comes home from her father’s house. The evening sun is low in the sky and the mellow light glows through the window, glancing off her round cheeks, illuminating her intense focus as she tries not to drop the glass…
On the Importance of Having a Skill Set
We are driving around running errands. Jessica is listening to me sigh as the traffic is funneled down to one lane and goes slowly. Me: They’re doing so much road construction! Maybe they should finish one project before they start another, you know? Jess: They are building bridges in Kansas City. I saw them with…
On the limits of poetic license
Jessica (looking over my shoulder at a blog post): That is not exactly what we said. Me: You know, someday I’m going to win a Pulitzer and you’ll be telling the committee, “It didn’t happen exactly like that.” Jessica: Yes. For example your hair is not that curly. Me: I exaggerate it for effect. You…
Tuesday Tidbits
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On the importance of the moon
I’m singing along with a song on the radio as I am inclined to do no matter how much Jessica asks me not to. “That is a song about the moon,” she says suddenly. She has always had a particular fascination with the moon. I don’t know why. It has always been like an old…
On how the weather is
“It’s going to rain today,” Jessica says. “Yes, it sure looks like it,” I agree. “I just wanted to make sure you know.” “Um, okay,” I say. I am fully capable of reading a weather forecast or looking up at the iron-gray sky and reaching the appropriate conclusion, but whatever. An hour later, I’m in…