Archive for the ‘truth’ Category

Despite

Posted: 12/10/2011 in truth

If I can’t write until everything is perfect, in order, all taken care of and accounted for, then I can’t write.

Marrow

Posted: 10/19/2010 in family, truth

Even when you have picked over the family bones for every scrap of meat, every scent like a starving hound, something in the marrow waits to tell you more.

Families: IV

Posted: 08/03/2010 in family, fiction, insanity, memory, truth

Original witnesses die, lose their memories, are dishonest, go crazy, or refuse to talk.

Families: III

Posted: 08/03/2010 in family, fiction, truth

It has been said that truth is stranger than fiction. May be, but sometimes what passes for truth is equally as fictitious.

Families: I

Posted: 08/03/2010 in family, myth, truth

Most families never find “The Truth.” If they are very lucky, they find a common myth that lets them sleep most nights.