Tag Archives: daughter

Thoughts on being a mom on Mother’s Day

Posted on May 8, 2011 by toby

Our girl is graduating from college this coming Saturday. In a fugue state, I address the announcements. How did it happen so fast? I still remember the scent of the back of her infant neck, a peachy milky perfume, and … Read More

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In case the helicopter goes down…

Posted on July 9, 2010 by toby

“I need natural material shoes,” my daughter says, pacing nervously around the house as she packs for her first-ever helicopter trip. “I also need to wear all natural fiber clothes.” She’s packing for a week in the trackless jungle on … Read More

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Police Report Virgin

Posted on July 6, 2010 by toby

We have problems here in Hawaii. I know, I know—homelessness must be better when it’s sleeping under a palm tree. Being hungry must be better when you could (conceivably at least) pick papayas or fish in the ocean. Drug addiction … Read More

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