Candy

I'm just getting home from school. I have my red plaid book bag. One of its buckles is undone and my messy papers peek out. Mommy is wiping her hands on her apron and smiling. She says did I notice what was on the table? I look over, there are two red velvet heart-shaped boxes. One's for me and one's for my sister. They are from Grandpa who makes candy and sells it in his cafe. It's weird for him to give me such a nice present. I don't even remember meeting him; maybe once. He had a cigar and needed a shave. He didn't talk to me but "played poker" with my sister. She was 6 or 7. She was supposed to have played golf with him too and gotten a hole-in-one. I can't figure out what this means but it makes all the adults happy.

When Grandpa died we had to hang around this hotel with big-patterned, reddish carpet and wait a lot. My cousins were there. We watched Gilligan's Island in the room and looked at what brands all the grown ups smoked by reading the butts in the ash tray. Some had lipstick on them.

My Mom made me go look at him in the coffin. She said "Maybe you could say a little prayer for him." We never pray in my house. I don't even know how. Something about the whole visit has made my Mom nervous.

Pug Muffin

Dream

The Feathered Couple

Violet on couch

Brave New Nose?

(I hit myself in the nose with a chair. Smooth, yes?)

Gallery of Feathered Bangs

Tough Homeroom Girl

I liked this sneaky, tough girl from homeroom. She wore turtlenecks to hide her suckermarks. She had killer feathered-bangs.

Small memory

Chris Hughes asked me if he could borrow my pen. I handed him my bic and he took the cap off and cleaned his ears with it. He wasn't trying to be mean or anything, he just wanted something to clean his ears with.

Ah. Mt. Healthy.

Critters

The girl and the creature are BOTH supposed to be the Critters.

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We're ok.

Here's a doodle I made when my Dad went into the Alzheimer's home.

Toxfail

Smoking Curler Lady

What breed of dog do you think she owns?

I'm thinking chihuahua-mix.