Thoughts from the backseat on a drive into school: “Daddy,” she begins, “maybe this is all just a play.” Shakespearean supposing. Then, later: “I know, I know! Maybe we are all in somebody’s dream!” Cartesian consideration. I ask, importantly, “What do you think it would mean if we were all in a dream? Would mommy…
Category: Stories
Adrian’s First Hike
This story is only a title long and it already has a lie in it: Adrian has been on many hikes, and this is not the story of the first time he went hiking. It is, however, the story of the first time he went hiking and wasn’t in a backpack. He walked, all by…
If You Go to Disneyland With Erin, Part 2
We joke to ourselves that Erin lives in The Bubble, a special place where everything is warped in her direction, flowers turn up to face her, and lines happen to other people. This phenomenon is never more apparent than when we go to Disneyland, where Erin exerts a special control over her surroundings, bending the…