Tag Archives: acceptance

I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS

Posted on January 7, 2015 by xaviertrevino

Today is the third anniversary of Beth Young’s death. I wrote this that spring, and just had a look at it for the first time since then. I just thought I’d share it. I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS I … Continue reading →

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SENDING PAPA HOME

Posted on October 25, 2014 by xaviertrevino

Before my father died in a nursing home five years ago he would tell me he’d been in Mexico the day before, or the week before, or sometime in the recent past, despite the fact he hadn’t been anywhere but … Continue reading →

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WHERE HAVE ALL THE BEDBUGS GONE?

Posted on October 18, 2014 by xaviertrevino

I thought I was done with our Brooklyn apartment, we moved out and I left it empty and “broom-swept clean” as they like to put in a standard lease. Then I got a hysterical phone call from my ex-landlord, he … Continue reading →

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THE NEW ELOI

Posted on September 30, 2014 by xaviertrevino

Sunday I went to my friend Laurie’s apartment to paint some walls for her, and she lives on the other side of Williamsburg, on Union Avenue. I took the L train there and when I exited the train the first … Continue reading →

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BYE, BYE, BROADWAY

Posted on September 13, 2014 by xaviertrevino

Last Tuesday we received a letter from some broker who informed us he was the exclusive broker representing the divorce of my landlord and his wife. My landlord, Mark had given us a heads up the week before, but it … Continue reading →

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THANKS FOR YOUR TIME (And Love)

Posted on May 6, 2014 by xaviertrevino

    Yesterday the 5th would have been my dad’s 102nd birthday, had he lived another five years. It also would have been my 30th wedding anniversary, had I remained married to my first wife Kathy for the another 14 years. … Continue reading →

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LOOKING FOR GOD (in all the wrong places)

Posted on March 22, 2014 by xaviertrevino

  Last Tuesday night I went to an event called “Bughouse Spin,” at a place actually called the “Bughouse” in Bushwick. It’s basically people telling stories, “Spinning,” as denoted in the name of the event, and the theme for the … Continue reading →

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SPIRIT IN THE SKY

Posted on March 11, 2014 by xaviertrevino

  A few weeks ago, right after Maggie’s funeral and memorial in Hudson, my friend Bill asked me to write about it, but there were so many accounts in the newspapers and on line I felt that doing so would … Continue reading →

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