As I was having crucial and excruciating eyebrow topiary the other day, I realized that I missed The Chronicles. I put them on hiatus six months ago to focus on The Dead Dad Diaries. But it turns out hair keeps growing during times of grief. It is still necessary to wear clothes most of the [...]
Laurie Anderson. I’ve never had particularly strong feelings one way or the other. But the other evening I had Night Waves on in the background and I heard a piece from her latest performance work, Homeland. She’s doing her portentous-spooky talking schtick, telling a story inspired by a few lines from Aristophanes’ Birds. Here’s how [...]
That’s what I’m doing off-blog, in case you’re wondering. In more ways than one. I’m writing something unlike anything I’ve done before, yes (but of course it always feels like that even if one is condemned to write the same thing over and over for eternity). But also trying to fill in some of the [...]
To the Old Vic with MZFC. I was here last summer with Dad, our last theatre outing together. The last of too many to count. It was The Cherry Orchard. (Mme. Ranevskaya: How old you’ve grown, Fiers! Fiers: I’ve been alive a long time). Tonight it was The Real Thing. I knew it was a [...]
What a week. Gordon Brown resigned, David Cameron became prime minister, and Dr. Ian Paisley had his balls cut off. I mean Dr. Ian Paisley my cat, not the former DUP politician who as far as I know has yet to be castrated. Dr P (feline) barely noticed the modification to his equipment and was [...]
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
I just got back from a long walk with Dad on Sandymount Strand. Driving there, I was listening to the radio. Irish journalist John Waters was being interviewed about his book Beyond Consolation in which, according to one review, he argues that “Irish society is in crisis due to a diminishing belief in an afterlife.” [...]
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
I still chat to Dad regularly. It’s a habit I started 31 years ago and have no intention of breaking now. He always was a good listener because he was genuinely interested in other people. I think this was one of the main reasons for his success with women as often men who want to [...]
