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What it’s Like When Your Father Dies…

Part 1 (Wednesday): Singing the Jeff Buckley Version of ‘Hallelujah’ in the car while crying…

May 16, 2023

What it’s Like When Your Father Dies…

May 16, 2023

Part 8: The Look On Your Face

As my darling father was dying, he experienced something called Anisocoria. It was after Nina’s explicit instructions that he let go, and…

Jul 21, 2020

Jul 21, 2020

Quarantine: a month or something.

This painting is called “I Told You Guys I Could Paint an Owl.” I would like to thank the barn owl from Wikipedia who is my muse.

Apr 18, 2020

Quarantine: a month or something.

Apr 18, 2020

Quarantine: Day 12

We did little shopping runs, and it was a production. We pick up supplies (beer, cheese, beets, mustard, meat). Everything is limited to…

Mar 26, 2020

Quarantine: Day 12

Mar 26, 2020

Quarantine Part 1: Mass Observation

In 1937, the British government started a project called Mass Observation that was meant to record the mundane life of citizens during…

Mar 24, 2020

Quarantine Part 1: Mass Observation

Mar 24, 2020

Rivers Til I Reach You

Unloading dishes in my kitchen in Pasadena with the music on, and boom, I’m collapsing with grief because a song came on we sang a lot, as…

May 16, 2019

May 16, 2019

Part 9: It Is Raining (Sunday)

It is raining and my father’s body is somewhere else.

Jan 16, 2019

Jan 16, 2019

It’s His Birthday

“Hello little brother. I’m calling to tell you happy late birthday and I love you. I hate calling people on their actual birthdays because…

Jan 12, 2019

Jan 12, 2019

This bad feeling

My anxiety has been through the roof. It is a privilege, I think, to live in the modern world with all of its luxuries and still have the…

Oct 5, 2018

Oct 5, 2018

Part 7: The Last

The last thing my father ever ate was watermelon. I cut up a giant watermelon on Wednesday morning, and I think he had 4 or 5 pieces. From…

Jul 28, 2018

Jul 28, 2018

Allison Pons

Allison Pons

Welcome to my LiveJournal! Solzhenitsyn fan girl | My interests include obese pets, slow motion battle scenes & mean Cicero quotes. These are my first drafts.

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