The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: legacy

  • Staring 60 in the Eye

    Staring 60 in the Eye

    Last I looked, I was 19.

  • Mr. Rogers’ Spirit Lives On

    I suspect that most people simply want to be liked just the way they are.

  • An Open Letter to a Professional Genealogist

    From one of a dying breed who is desperate to keep the candle burning.

  • I Am an Abelhauser

    Arguably one of the rarest names in the world.

  • I Am My Mother’s Mother

    I come from a long line of strong, risk-taking women.

  • Vandalism

    I’ve never understood the instinct to demolish and destroy.

  • A Barn Razing

    Things Fall apart. The center does not hold.

  • Drunken Karaoke

    It’s funny, unless you live next door and are trying to sleep.

  • The Letting Go

    When my mother died, I hung on to this bottle of deodorant she had given me until long after it had been used up. Because she gave it to me. I think I got it into my head that getting rid of that bottle would be like losing my connection with her. I just couldn’t…

  • The Hefner Spin

    Jeez, Hef is barely cold, and he’s already being immortalized. I just heard something on NPR, for chrissake, that said that his magazine sparked the sexual revolution. I almost choked on my M&Ms. Okay, I’ll concede this much: His magazine made sex an open topic for discussion. His magazine normalized nudity. And sometimes, at its…