Showing posts with label Katherine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Katherine. Show all posts

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Cousins
Isaiah and Katherine before the caterpillar arrived.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Dialogue

Setting: Friday night in a kitchen in Bristol. Matt talking to Marian, mentions he talked to his dad, who had driven to Manhattan (Kansas) with Aunt Marilyn.
Isaiah: Did you want Marilyn? (Translation: I want to play with Marilyn.)
Matt: Marilyn's not here; she's in Kansas.
Isaiah: Marilyn's at work.
Matt: Marilyn's not at work; she's retired.
Isaiah: Marilyn's tired.

Setting: The swingset in the Seeleys' backyard in Brewster, N.Y. Isaiah is on the multiperson swing facing his cousin Katherine DiDona. Katherine gestures wildly at something, which we discover is a fuzzy white bug with long black tendrils. Matt removes it from the bar, first knocking it to the floor of the swing, then the ground, and carries it to the trees 10 feet away.
Matt: It's only a caterpillar. It'll turn into a butterfly.
Isaiah: It'll turn into a shark!