Category Archives: Family

Families of origin and of choice

Okay. Officially wow.

Posted on October 23, 2004 by Marchbanks

T just got her SAT scores back today. She scored a 1490. Continue reading →

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Stretching the long arm of coincidence

Posted on August 25, 2004 by Marchbanks

I was talking to someone in Barking, Essex, fifty-five hundred miles away, who shared my name. Continue reading →

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End of the season (and none too soon)

Posted on June 26, 2004 by Marchbanks

My official release date is next Wednesday, but since L and T are going to be gone to Las Vegas next week and there won’t be anyone but me to look after M, I asked for and got all next week off. Continue reading →

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My brother-in-law died today

Posted on June 15, 2004 by Marchbanks

He was a week short of his forty-fourth birthday. Continue reading →

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Now We Are Pooh

Posted on November 19, 2003 by Marchbanks

M’s current favorites are “The Engineer” and “Rice Pudding.” Continue reading →

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How I Drove From Austin to Brenham in Three Hours and Fifteen Minutes

Posted on August 3, 2003 by Marchbanks

Apparently both the boy and the girl campers recognized The Counselor Who Won’t Take Any Shit. Continue reading →

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The family reserve

Posted on November 22, 2002 by Marchbanks

I got out the box of home movies I’d rescued from the family farmhouse when we sold up early last year. Continue reading →

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Okay, since I promised

Posted on September 4, 2002 by Marchbanks

I also found some new pictures of M, taken while the rest of the family were in Maryland recently. Continue reading →

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T takes charge

Posted on August 29, 2002 by Marchbanks

T had her first blood-and-stitches injury to deal with today as a student athletic trainer. Continue reading →

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Here we go

Posted on August 28, 2002 by Marchbanks

I think ”the Twos” are about to be with us for a while. Continue reading →

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