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Every dollar gone. Every bit of sense expended. Every buck wildly misplaced from my billfold. Everything is lost. I am exhausted. I am beaten. I am spent. It wasn’t so long ago that I was flush with excitement. Opportunity abounded … Continue reading →

We talk about a lot of things except the things that are important to you but I cannot bear to mention. You want explanations and resolutions and I just want to get through another day without incident or any discussion … Continue reading →

She asked me what I wanted. "What you really want," she said, "if you’re being honest." So I thought and I pondered and I wondered if I’d ever been honest with this girl or any girl or anybody ever in … Continue reading →

While Peter had his stroke I was eating cheese puffs getting blown by some overaged professional thinking “it doesn’t get much better than this.” As Peter raced to the hospital I was ordering another pair of pies from another international … Continue reading →

You know what I hate? You know what really burns my bunions – but in a bad way? It’s when someone takes my idea – just takes it and creates with it making a song or painting or poem or … Continue reading →

I knew it. Something was nagging me all day that this was a day I was supposed to remember but I couldn’t put it together. I knew it wasn’t your birthday – or mine, nor one of the big events … Continue reading →

The muffin crumbs cleaned the dishes dried the hair combed and belts buckled, we are ready to start the day. We have classes in the morning Recess in the afternoon Music afterwards and then some Fencing or Chess, depending. That … Continue reading →

In troubled times, let me help you. Come to me and I will protect. Stay with me I’ll keep you safe. Don’t let this time be in vain. Escape the rain. In hours late, I am your phone call. In … Continue reading →

If I’ve learned one thing in 2016, it’s Elvis Costello. If I discovered any song this year, it’s "Polythene Pam". If I met any Python this year, it’s Douglas Adams. If I heard anything this year, it was "you’re a … Continue reading →

It’s not that late but I’m really tired and I’m not sure what to do with myself which is the kind of time when I’m thinking of you a sequence that occurs probably more than it should. I am tired … Continue reading →