May 2012 “easily made with everyday fruit products found in one’s kitchen”

I got this from my dad yesterday with the simple message, “don’t tell mom but I got a new tattoo”. A note; he got tattoo #1 at age 59. After a lifetime spent thinking that anyone with a tattoo was undoubtedly a criminal or sailor, his opposition to tattoos eroded and was replaced with fascination […]

Dad, “working” on the house, as observed by Mom.

email subject: “as discussed” Today I had at least a 15 minute phone conversation with my dad about an exciting development in his world; he’s started to find faces, perhaps the face of god actually, in bars of soap. You see, my mother – being the good Irish-Catholic, I grew up poor and know how […]

Eyeballs April 2011 Looks like dad is growing out his hair.

January 2010 About a year ago I found myself in a bit of a financial jam. I turned to my parents to ask them if they could help me out. I haven’t done this for years and I was a little nervous to ask. I called my dad and to my pleasant surprise he responded […]

Newsprint, photocopied driver’s license photo Originally created in the mid-1990’s, shared November 2010 This email was was sent to my dad’s (small) group of friends and some family with the subject line “Happy Hoildaze” (misspelled intentionally and unintentionally) and the following message: Soon that special time of the year will be upon us. Once again […]

March 2010 My friend Alexis sent me a photo of a piece by an artist named Annette Messager, a French artist, who among many other rad things, knits teeny sweaters for dead birds. Having seen some of my dad’s photographs that involve dead mice in hardhats etc., Alexis thought my dad might find it interesting […]

(Gyp Bd=gypsum board) April 2011 Sent to me in response to inquires about how the setup of his wood shop was coming along.

April 2011 Sent with the following email message: “ellie what are ur plans for easter?   dad”