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The dreaming started in August 2008, or at least that was when I first became aware of it. That was when Christopher started showing me the acting schools he was interested in applying to and talking about how to go … Weiterlesen →

My brother Daniel called me in my office yesterday to tell me that Mother died peacefully in her sleep during the night. Unlike Amy’s death a year and a half ago, this was not unexpected, not a sudden life-changing shock. … Weiterlesen →

Some time shortly before Christmas, when I was still feeling energetic and determined to finish everything before our visitors arrived, Paddy suggested one evening that we could watch Lord of the Rings together. By the time we got through part … Weiterlesen →

When I first met Peter, one of the things that most intrigued me about him was realizing that he hears differently, that he hears things most people don’t hear, are not aware of. Over twenty years later, I am still … Weiterlesen →

It’s done. I have it in my hand now, and it’s a completely different feeling. Before the album was an abstract thing stuck on my hard drive, but now it’s in my hand staring at me. Ever since Friday, the … Weiterlesen →

It seems as though Christopher has been working on recording things forever. He has a whole little recording studio set up in the boys’ room, and recordings of his music actually exist, and I have heard them played even in … Weiterlesen →

It has been about one year now, since I returned from a sudden trip to the US in response to my sister Amy’s death. One year. A blur. A vague impression of something moving past me with brief moments of … Weiterlesen →

At some point, when I realized that I was likely to be home alone for most of July, I started imagining things I might enjoy doing with time and space all to myself. As it turned out, sadly none of … Weiterlesen →

[This is a letter that Peter wrote to a consumer help program on the radio explaining the absurd story of why Christopher was fined for not having a valid ticket on the tram and why we think this is not … Weiterlesen →

Having become much too slow and unfocused to keep up with the amount of work that I used to be able to accomplish, the work just keeps piling up and I just get more tired and frustrated. Somewhere at the … Weiterlesen →