keeping in touch with the thoughts of our family, all over the world!
“Family Matters” means things that concern only our family; it also means that things like family really matter! And that that is very material: families are composed of decomposing figures, in mind and memory as well as in body and soul. This is a blog for those amongst us who have said to themselves at least once during one of the Vacketta family reunions that our family is special in being made up of very material existences with views and goals that are not material at all. In other words, this is a place where you leave things that you can later say you meant, and mean it.
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tomcat
November 10th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I can speak only for myself, but here’s my experience: there is something valuable in doing this kind of exercise daily, or close to daily. It changes the way you feel about life, however dismal your final judgment about it may be. It keeps you on the ball, constantly in connection with the people you love: I’m constantly thinking about ways of saying this, ways of expressing that, and all in all, it makes me a better person.
G. Thomas Collins
February 14th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Today is Valentine’s day, and dad’s 83rd birthday. The blog is pretty much of a filibuster, but at least I hear multiple voices in the writing. As I said to Tony and to Frank recently, I’m aiming at long-term results with people who for the moment don’t know how to walk yet. That’s a truly incredible conceit. But logical if you think about it: realising how fast time has flown by, (and it’s speeding up), it’s doesn’t take much imagination to mentally see all the kids in junior or senior year in high school, or just beginning college, and slightly surprised to see a family member who has been commiting himself over years to the exercise of thinking. All of a sudden, it feels a little less foolish, it feels as a matter of fact like a damn good wager!
G. Thomas Collins
March 7th, 2009 at 3:03 am
It takes a certain amount of gumption to behave the way I do. I hope nobody thinks it’s because I experience uncontrollable emotions. It’s nothing of the sort. It’s much more an experiment with truth, and with the necessity of evaluation, given the people I’ve read, met, worked with, and loved. all of these people have done what I have begun doing here: moving back in time in order to give an account of everything missing from “the good life” so as to keep that corpse breathing for a few more years!