Carew Papritz's Blog, page 20

I Want to Have so Many Memories of You

"I want to remember...Smelling your newness upon this earth. The baby-Jesus smell as Grandma used to put it. Pure. Unsullied. Like the imagined smell in the twirling air of eiderdown feathers spin-floating around the yard on a new spring day."

The Legacy Letters, by Carew Papritz

Angel Atop the Tree

"While all the universe and my family are still sleeping, I will walk among the red and blue twinkle-lights of the living room, to sit and gaze upon the pretty white angel atop the tree and say silent prayers, remembering what was good in the world and why I was brought here to remember."

- The Legacy Letters, by Carew Papritz

The Legacy Letters, Carew Papritz in the Mankind Project Journal

A Good Man.
Every night, like a question-and-answer prayer, my son and I recite...
What are you going to be?
And he says...
An honest man. A fair man.
A courageous man. And a good man.
That's the most important thing, Papa.
And my job is finally done.
For the night.

Carew Papritz, Author of The Legacy Letters, in an interview with the Mankind Project.

Read the interview/review in the Mankind Project Journal:

http://mankindprojectjournal.org/2013...

Christmas Anticipation

“With your Christmas-Day-will-never-arrive-soon enough salivations, you anticipate the moment when, like voracious cub lions, you’ll rip open the wrapping paper and feast off your every delicious present.”
—The Legacy Letters, by Carew Papritz

Older Doesn't Always Mean Wiser

"Older doesn't always mean wiser. It just means that you've had more time to do the same things over and over again- right, wrong, and different."

-The Legacy Letters, by Carew Papritz

Book Signing - Carew Papritz, Author of The Legacy Letters

Meet Carew Papritz, Author of The Legacy Letters, at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Tucson!

Saturday, January 18th, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

Barnes & Noble Booksellers
5130 E. Broadway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85711

Living

"Living isn't always red bows and birthday balloons."

Memories of You

"Let my memories of you be like water on the moon. A beautiful impossibility-but allowing me to sleep and dream of infinite beginnings rather than Othello endings."
- The Legacy Letters, by Carew Papritz

When do you become a man?

“When do you become a man? Becoming a man means doing the right thing even though it may be hard or difficult. Boys do what is easiest. A man does what is right, whether easy or not.”

- The Legacy Letters, by Carew Papritz

These moments cascade upon one another

Here at shepherd's dusk, in a valley without echo, I listen for you. With a frayed longing, I hear your shadow voice whispering within me from far away.

I grasp at what is left of this husky sun lying golden upon the upper meadows of lodge pole and bear grass.

I gather the last remnants of the evening's breeze, so cool and lazy within my arms, feeling it curl up like a small and innocent kitten.

And I see that behind a cloak of clouds, dalliance suits the canting moon.

Suddenly I do not wish to lose another moment,

And I covet all pristine light.