P.J. Colando's Blog, page 43
April 6, 2015
Co-opetition
Cooperation, competition – which side of human nature’s divide do you stride?
Do you recall this post: http://www.pjcolando.com/girl-games/
I can’t forget it; it seems to be the pattern of my life.
I wish, I wish, I wish, that co-opetition was the game.… ...
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April 1, 2015
Boomer Humor Taboo
Someone told me a long time ago, perhaps my dad, the superior punster: sense of humor changes as you progress through the years.
Topics that make you LOL differ at age 26 versus 62…BUT I’m swimmingly unappreciative of this cartoon.… ...
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March 30, 2015
Life as a Miracle: Arena Rock
The guttural, low-toned chant of “Br-r-u-u-ce!” chilled me as it reverberated the Coliseum. Lar and I stood in front of our folding chairs, among others filing on the grass field to densely emulate chalk lines. The scene was not the Olympics, for these has passed through LA the year prior.… ...
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March 25, 2015
Life as a Road Trip Miracle
It was a spectacular summer day in Hoosierland, and we were on the fly. Radio rocking our rental car, zooming at 75 mph on the Interstate, slicing Midwestern humidity like a butter knife.
We’d landed at O’Hare a couple of days earlier, intent on re-connecting first with old friends in Wilmette, Illinois.… ...
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March 23, 2015
Closet Case
Swapping out clothes – Winter for Summer wares – an annual rite of Spring. A household cleansing of spirit, re-connecting with my wealth of wear via the mundane.
As I sheathed and unsheathed the clothes according to their seasons, repurposing plastic cleaner bags to shield them from six months of dust, I noted how many of the clothes hadn’t been worn… Once.… ...
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March 18, 2015
Limerick
Limericks are a form of poetry, an affinity I inherited from my dad. I can quickly quip, like he did. This makes my heart glad.
‘Tis fitting to speak of this after eating my fill of corned beef and cabbage to celebrate St.… ...
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March 16, 2015
Living Life as a Miracle: My Lazarus Dad
There are few words that can tilt your world faster than “You’re fired.”
Unless it’s “Your dad’s in a coma and not expected to live.”
Two conversational clips that I heard within an hour seven years ago. St. Patty’s wasn’t my dad’s lucky day – nor was it mine – in 2008.… ...
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March 11, 2015
Reunion
Hi PJ,
I wanted you to know that I just finished your book and enjoyed it very much. You always had such fun with words and this was still was very evident in Stashes. There was a combination of complexity and playfulness that reminded me of the Patti I used to know.… ...
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March 9, 2015
If You Give a Writer a Pen…
In my pediatric speech-language pathology practice, children’s literature was an integral therapy tool. Its use validated the spoken words’ link to reading and fostered parent follow-through at home.
So, I know a thing or two about famous children’s books. Ones that endure to be prime. … ...
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March 4, 2015
Sincerely Yours
Dear Diet,
Let’s break up. I didn’t lose the doc’s recommended ten pounds last year.
Instead I’ve added three more since New Year’s.
It’s a weighty matter – I give up.
I’ll lose weight when I quit you. After all I’ve lost pounds in my pocketbook.… ...
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