Posts about Family

I Grow, Boy!

In Elsewhere, Family, Interviews on 12 December 2007

I did a fun interview with Gayla Trail of You Grow Girl about my burgeoning orchid habit. Check it!

In Praise of the Inappropriate

In Family, Life, Stories on 3 April 2007

There’s an art to saying the wrong thing at the right time. And the older I get, the more I think there’s a gene that causes it. If there is, I know this: it’s passed on the mother’s side.

My maternal grandmother, Gert, was a master of the art of the inappropriate comment. With me, a cherished grandson, she was a sweetheart. With my mom, she was … less sweet.