Archive: Women

These are essays from the Diaryland Archive. Each link will open in a new window.

2000

Sir Fluke
Have Sex, Will Travel

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Havin' a party...wish you were here!

Cheers! First party in the new place!
(Photo: Joe Kowalski)

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Pearl

Today I made a rag doll.
(Photo: Joe Kowalski)

How To Make A Rag Doll
Get rags, and make them into a doll.

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Throwback Thursday: 2007

Boston Harbor Cruise for Buzz & Trish's wedding
(Photo: Jennifer Ciano)

It was a little cold by the window on the boat!
Lovely night, celebrating love with lovely people.
💓

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Kimball Farm, Carlisle MA
Got a Zipar today. Me 'n Joey took a drive just to get out of the city for a bit.
Kimball Farm makes ice cream. My favorite is Orange Pineapple or, as I like to call it, Ambrosia.
It's been years since I've had it. It's still heavenly.
(Photo: Joe Kowalski)

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Braintree Street, Allston MA

Just at work waiting for the sky to fall.

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Everett Street

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Birthday Lillies

Waiting for me when I got home.
💟

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Archive: Work

Archive: Work
These are essays from the Diaryland site. Each will open in a new window.

2008

Hello From Vegas
Vegas II
Bye Sin City

2007

They were talking about a white board
June 17, 2007

2005

Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic

2004

Walks With A Scowl Speaks Out

2000

Why Monkeys Laugh?

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RIP Grandpop Kowalski

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Joe's Grandpop Kowalski passed away, so we got a Zipcar and drove to Cherry Hill for the funeral.
I didn't get a chance to get to know him,
but it's clear that Joe's got a lot of the old man's qualities.
The service was in Polish, but even the Polish-speaking family members
said that they couldn't really hear what the priest was saying,
the way his voice was distorted by the old church's echoing sound system.

The final goodbye was at the cemetery. The Kowalski family and friends paid their respects.
I'd never been to a funeral honoring a military man. 
Young people in full uniform attended, and after lowering the coffin into the winter ground, someone
folded the American flag and gave it to Joe's mom.
It was moving and beautiful. We all cried.
Afterwards, everyone met up at the Adelphia, a big restaurant and function hall, for a luncheon that Joe's dad had arranged.
Friends and family told funny, sweet stories about Grandpop Kowalski,
made each other laugh, and they toasted his memory a lot.

What a fine and noble send-off. 
I think I'd have liked Grandpop Kowalski quite a lot.

Requiescat in pace, sir.

Edward Kowalski, Sr. (c.1940)

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munk Live @Best Buy

Best Buy - Boston (the one near Berklee)

I don't always go to Best Buy when it's sleeting pellets of ice.
But when I do it's because munk is playing.
These are my big salty New Rock boots.

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Boston's Getting Clobbered

If my walk to work were any longer
I'd have to slay my Tauntaun.

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Unpacking!

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"I can't put my arms down!" (Photo: Joe Kowalski)

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Allston Art City

Lincoln Street Pedestrian Overpass

Please pardon the mess.
Diary of a Low Budget Superhero is moving formats.
Things will be weird for awhile.

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