by Monica Wiant | Nov 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
1. They knew when I was lying, even if they didn’t always call me out for it.2. When my mom let me sleep with her on scary nights, it was as much for her comfort as for mine.3. My dad wasn’t just being contrary; he truly couldn’t fathom why anyone...
by Monica Wiant | Sep 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
When I visit a place from my past, I always carry two questions: What has changed? What remains the same?This week, I’m in Fargo. So I asked.My high school now has a water slide, but the strange dome on top of the building remains.The building across the street,...
by Monica Wiant | Sep 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
The summers of my childhood were LONG. I remember a vast expanse of hot days stretched out before me, wide open and full of boredom and wonder. I explored the woods behind my house. I played Atari and watched Nickelodeon and worked on jigsaw puzzles. I went...
by Monica Wiant | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
We did it.The Wiants drove from Minnesota to Washington, DC and home again. We did it without catastrophe: no accidents or speeding tickets, no burglaries or natural disasters. We avoided being those people walking to the service station for a can of gas (that was me...
by Monica Wiant | Jul 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
We drove 600 miles today and are more than halfway home.It was not a very exciting day.We had our first Waffle House experience, we saw a couple of possibly Amish families riding horse-drawn buggies across bridges, and we accidentally visited Cuyahoga National Park as...
