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What is my favorite quote?
There are probably a couple of dozen that I would place above the opening lyrics to T Bone Burnett’s Trap Door, but years after I stopped listening to popular music, this one still stays with me. “It’s a funny thing about humility/As soon as you know you’re being humble/You’re no longer humble/It’s a funny thing… Read more
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Samantha’s Porch
Monday night on Samantha’s porch Roger rolled the cooler filled with beer, some soft drinks, and, as an afterthought, a bag of pretzels, which he now hoped they wouldn’t break into. He wanted to talk; the sound of chomping on hard pretzels would be intrusive, while sipping on drinks, Roger felt, would be okay. When… Read more
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What’s a promise you made to yourself that you’ve actually kept?
Well now, that’s a big problem with me; I rarely keep a promise. Though I have kept my wedding vows. I’m glad one of those vows wasn’t keeping fit. Vows aside, I have kept my better half laughing, if not with me, at me. How’s that? Read more
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Fearless: A Remembrance
On July 23, 2018, I posted a single-stanza poem on this blog. I have never written a poem and have never taken a class in poetry, just read poems by Walt Whitman, Dylan Thomas, and Emily Dickinson. I also read some of the poems here on WordPress. Anyway, this mini poem is about a woman… Read more
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A Pinch Was Enough: A Six-Sentence Story
There was a time when I tried smoking–it lasted one night. I woke up with what felt like a burnt mouth and a hangover; it was the first night I drank to excess, too. All I remember was burning through three packs of my parents’ Newports and draining much of their Bacardi. A short time… Read more
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