NOT KEEPING SCORE

A MULTI-PART EXPLORATION ON WHETHER PEOPLE CHANGE, THROUGH THE COMPLETELY UN-SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF PERSONAL ITEMS FOUND IN SHANNON DEJONG’S “SPECIAL BOX” AND ASSORTED CHILDHOOD MEMORABILIA*[1]

Part II

Speaking of whether people change…

I’m about to sit down at my computer and write a post about change in perspective.

I am about to write about how I may have been […]

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A MULTI-PART EXPLORATION ON WHETHER PEOPLE CHANGE, THROUGH THE COMPLETELY UN-SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF PERSONAL ITEMS FOUND IN SHANNON DEJONG’S “SPECIAL BOX” AND ASSORTED CHILDHOOD MEMORABILIA*[1]
Part I
I know I’ve been doing all this talking about the joys of “detaching,” purging, and finding oneself as materially empty as Buddha’s wallet — but I’m doubling back to […]

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I’m taking a conversational French class with my mother at the local junior college *[1]
We met last night for the first class, and as part of the “immersion” approach, we were all asked to “use our imaginations” as we were going to have to “pick someone to be.”
The teacher wrote on the board in front […]

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Living at home with my folks has afforded me a newfound appreciation of them.
Today, while getting a ride to the bus stop to catch an express bus into the city for a meeting with my boss, I discovered that my dad is not only devoted father, adored teacher, loving husband, and has so much […]

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[Scene: A country house that sits in an idyllic setting. Shannon, a woman in her mid-twenties, rises from her slumbers. She stretches with smile upon her cherub face, Edvard Grieg’s “Morning” playing in her head. She places her palms against the windowsill and gazes at the redwood trees beyond. There are small birds perched […]

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