List: All About Bob | Curated by Adam J. Blust | Medium

Aug 6, 2023

8 stories

All About Bob

A collection of stories about my father, Robert Lee Blust. I hope these stories will help people who never got a chance to meet him to know him, at least a little.

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The Memoirist

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Adam J. Blust

Crying at “The West Wing”

The other day, I cried watching an episode of “The West Wing.”

Apr 11, 2022

Crying at “The West Wing”

Apr 11, 2022

In

The Memoirist

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Adam J. Blust

Christmas Trees and Unwrapped Cheese

My father had a lot of plans. You might even call them schemes.

May 29, 2022

Photo of my father on a fishing trip, sent as a postcard to me.

May 29, 2022

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Chaotic good

Growing up, I thought my father’s full-time vocation was embarrassing me.

Jan 26, 2022

Chaotic good

Jan 26, 2022

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My father’s wildlife

No one knows how the owl got into the house. My father said at the time that it must have come down the chimney after some prey, and then…

Jan 26, 2022

My father’s wildlife

Jan 26, 2022

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My father was Banksy.

No, this isn’t a shocking tell-all. Robert Lee Blust was not literally the most famous (or infamous?) anonymous artist of the modern era.

Feb 6, 2022

My father was Banksy.

Feb 6, 2022

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The Memoirist

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Adam J. Blust

The Butterfly of the Moment

It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? …

Aug 5, 2022

The Butterfly of the Moment

Aug 5, 2022

In

The Memoirist

by

Adam J. Blust

Vacation Memories of an Indoor Kid

This is the story of a vacation.

Apr 30, 2022

Photo of the Blust family on vacation.

Apr 30, 2022

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Don’t be an asshole.

[Ed. note: This was written a few months into the pandemic, when assholery was particularly prevalent in the national media. It’s still…

Jan 28, 2022

Don’t be an asshole.

Jan 28, 2022

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