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Posts Tagged ‘childhood’
Auntie Ursula
The oddest things occur to a person when driving. For instance, I was just minding my own business, picking up some groceries, when it hit me like a flash. Howard’s and my great aunt, Ann, was an Ursula doppelganger. Coincidence? ...
Adolescent Magic
As we both moved into adolescence and Howard found his place at Children’s Theater Association and at other local theaters, I lost my brother’s attention. He made new friends and began to feel his way out of the house and ...
When Daddy Got Sick
Our family life was divided into two parts – before and after Daddy got sick. That was the phrase we all used, Mom included. Daddy got sick in 1958 or ’59, I’m not sure which. I know it was in ...
The Ultimate Insider
Howard was special. He read early, wrote early, he sang and danced and seemed to have a supernatural ability to charm adults. He was also a little effeminate. I have some family film of him at maybe four or five ...
Romantics
I am a romantic. A trait I learned from my brother but also from my father. It’s not necessarily a good thing and the irony is that Dad and I were textbook depressives. Neither one of us ever found those ...
The Present of the Past
A rehearsal room in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, 1976 – I am beside myself with the glamour of this dirty little space whose windows look out over a street grimy with trash that the underfunded city can’t afford to clean.
A ...
An NPR Moment
Full confession, I listen to NPR. Yes, I know. And okay, sometimes I do feel like I’m trapped in a Saturday Night Live skit. But at any given moment, NPR is usually providing the best conversation going ...
Happy Birthday, Brother
It’s human nature, I guess, but I often can’t help but wonder what Howard would be doing now, had he lived.
Howard was born on May 17, 1950. So today he would have been 62 and the cold, hard fact is ...
Peter Pan Act II
I promised you a Peter Pan Act II (Act I was way back last year) and since John’s busy on the road this week, I figured I’d jump in.
For a couple of years in the late 50’s and early ...
Snow Day
I do not know why my grandparents decided that what Howard really wanted was a collection of plastic toy soldiers. I suspect, though, that it was our grandfather’s doing. Our mother’s father, Pop Pop took great pride in Howard’s many ...