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The ancestors sing
and arrive by mail
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Football and the Parallel Universe
I can’t say much about football.
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Bit o'Inspiration
Your voice as stained glass
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Cut whatever bores you
my 2026 writing rules
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A thing is a thing
I was walking down the street and I noticed a young girl—eight or nine years old, I’d guess—moving her arms around in different poses on the sidewalk…
Dec 18, 2025
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McDog
Yup, that's his name
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Now We Are 100
My sister Therese, chronicler of the Stories of Elmford, has a phrase she likes to use: “Gifted with a magic oomph.” I have that phrase taped up under…
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Hello darkness
my old friend
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