GRIZZLY PEAR

written snapshots

Category: Artifacts

  • The Future

    My wife bought oil pastels for the kids. The girl chose the theme.

    I pulled out dip pens with ink that have been dormant for two decades.

    Been a minute.

  • Squeak! Squawk!

    They argue to be first to wash up.

    But run into the living room to forestall the inevitable.

    Before racing back into the bathroom.

    To delay brushing their teeth.

    ䷢䷔

    if one meets with no confidence
    one should remain calm

  • The call of the wild is nothing compared to the whisper of the tummy.

    My wife squawked when she discovered that I enjoyed more than my fair share of chocolates from a recent Costco purchase.

    The next day he saw me sneaking another snack from the pantry.

    He told announced in halting English

    Daddy
    is
    stoo pid!

    ䷡䷼

    power in the toes
    continuing brings misfortune

    August 13

  • Two architects against a determined opponent.

    For school, we set her up with the big TV.

    So she won’t stare at the small monitor all day.

    Every time we check in, her face is buried in that chromebook.

    ䷗

    to and fro goes the way

  • Yellow and black stripes with orange trim.

    He wrapped a bumblebee backpack around his stomach and buzzed around the house.

    Bee Belly!

    ䷏

    thunder comes resounding out of the earth

  • Three wrinkled maps guided the journey.

    They turned the bed into a pirate ship.
    The base of a basketball hoop became their pilot’s wheel.
    An Ikea Poang chair became the captain’s deck.
    The gangplank was a faux wood sample.
    Camping mats were the guardrails.
    We hunted for treasure with the crew of stuffed animals.

    ䷝䷷

    the footprints run crisscross

  • Either way, Pops is a bit embarrassing.

    Day One.

    Too much screen time.

    They didn’t study much.

    She didn’t appreciate my occasional check-ins.

    Day Two.

    ䷉䷰

    he treads on the tail of the tiger
    the tiger bites the man

  • That went fast.

    Summer is over; school starts tomorrow.

    We have an outdoor pool, an investment plan, and a month-long gap.

    Time to rebuild old habits.

    Hello world.

    ䷬

    to bring great offerings creates good fortune
    it furthers one to undertake something

  • Will another comic crash or fly on the wings of actors?

    I watched the long awaited first episode of Sandman.

    I’m conflicted.

    Do I want one of my favorite works replayed on the big screen?

    Or just turn off the TV?

    Is it greedy to search for revived greatness in another format?

    It’s been a quarter century.

    The hours are more precious now.

    I’ll let the internet decide before I hit episode 2…or season 2.

    ䷰䷾

    The mouse has eaten the king of dreams.

  • Three games with a deck.

    We played Dixit.
    He kept showing his hand.
    And always picked his own card.
    But she understood the game.
    We played a few rounds.

    Cute Wars did not go so well.
    He hated his sister’s claims that her card was cuter.
    (That’s the point of the game!)
    Crying ensued.

    Later that evening, we played with my wife.
    She correctly guessed one of my clues.
    The girl hated it.
    Especially when when I joked “Mommy is my soulmate.”

    ䷺䷃

    a spring wells up at the foot of the mountain