Tag Archives: relationships

This One’s For The Kitties

Posted on July 23, 2013 by xaviertrevino

Kiwi Sometimes I feed cats for people in the building when they’re away. This summer I’ve been part of team “Kitty,” feeding “Kitty” while her owner is gone. She has a beach house somewhere and spends four days a week … Continue reading →

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This Much Is True

Posted on July 10, 2013 by xaviertrevino

                                              I don’t know whether to give a shout out to Wally Lamb or Spandau Ballet (I think … Continue reading →

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Five Computer Family

Posted on July 7, 2013 by xaviertrevino

  There are only two of us, well three, if you count the cat, but only my wife counts the cat, and the cat doesn’t use the computer (despite my urging to “write or get out” as a prerequisite of … Continue reading →

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The Sanitizing Station

Posted on June 23, 2013 by xaviertrevino

While I was out of work my company installed a “sanitizing station” in the lobby. The polished brass base is nice, it matches the base on the “All Visitors Must Be Announced” sign, but the plastic Purell dispenser and the … Continue reading →

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His And Hers Remote Controls

Posted on June 18, 2013 by xaviertrevino

We have a variety of remote controls in our home, for the two TV’s (four controls) for the DVD player, for the CD/USB player, and for the ACs (4). That’s a lot of small plastic candy bars lying around. Then … Continue reading →

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The Father’s Day Card

Posted on June 15, 2013 by xaviertrevino

My 25 year old son emailed me last Monday to ask for my address, a sort of frantic, urgent “dad when you get a chance send me your address right away” and that was it. He did say he was … Continue reading →

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Learning English From Bogie and Bugs

Posted on June 10, 2013 by xaviertrevino

I spoke no English for the first five years of my life. I was born in Mexico, and even though we had moved to NY when I was 2, my mother spoke no English and my father did not speak … Continue reading →

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Tattoo Me

Posted on June 5, 2013 by xaviertrevino

I was on the way home from the city yesterday, riding the M train over the Williamsburg bridge and I was looking at all of the people in the seats opposite. A lot of us read books, or newspapers or … Continue reading →

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Iron While Damp

Posted on June 3, 2013 by xaviertrevino

I was going to call this post laundry day, but once I started doing the ironing I decided to change it. I’ve been doing the laundry since the week I got suspended. Even though I am back at work, I … Continue reading →

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Branded

Posted on May 27, 2013 by xaviertrevino

During my short stint in the 82nd Airborne I was once assigned to a detail where me and a couple of other guys in my platoon were driven out to a yard full of lumber (as opposed to a lumberyard) … Continue reading →

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