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Did you know some spiders love lavender bushes? They learn to hide deep within the slender stems. Their eight crafty eyes scan for a fuzzy abdomen, a whzzz of wings. They creep nearer, and then… I didn’t have a clue about such scenarios, until I was standing in the sun a couple weeks ago, on … Continue reading
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“cousin” and the car
My speedometer’s gone wonky. I think its problem is somehow connected with wet weather, but I don’t know. First time I noticed, I was doing 55 as I drove sedately toward Prairie Road. Next time, it read 90 on Maxwell. Gave me a little thrill, but somehow the buildings weren’t spinning past like they should … Continue reading
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means something?
At breakfast I told Tim my dream. I was driving his Ford Falcon and pulling a large utility trailer, trying to get to a writing seminar of some sort. My passenger was a friend whom I respect who was to speak at the event (and maybe I was supposed to, as well), and we were … Continue reading
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burning Las Vegas
Tim produced a thin yet heavy slab at the woodstove this morning, a piece he had sawed off of a large stump or log at some point. It had become a funky table-top from his kindling pile. It looked rather like Texas. He couldn’t quite get it in the stove, as, you know, being Texas … Continue reading
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under the sun
My chair was on the U of O campus, at a table amongst other tables, under a clear, warm sky. The sun chuckled behind my head: So you think meteorologists know it all? I wished for sandals, or a smoothie. Students, like a herd on the move, passed our table, with its small, felt-lined case … Continue reading
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Today I feel like the little guy in the picture. I want to rest, and, hey, I can, so I am. I want to embrace that warm wood as long as I get to and feel the breeze just lift my hair. I want to have summer remain. But, I know. There comes a last … Continue reading
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now it’s here
I sat up, awake, not sure where I was. There was some urgency, something wrong, but I couldn’t think what. Maisa’s white bedclothes rose and fell slightly with her breathing. Only a dream. I slipped out of bed and found my socks. It was daylight out. The bedroom felt dim and stale. Maisa had pulled … Continue reading
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the ceiling tile
When I came in to work Tuesday morning, I noticed a square from the ceiling above my desk had fallen. It lay amid white specks on the floor, likely having glanced off my chair. One of the women who volunteer in my office had commented, months ago, about that loose-looking piece of ceiling. “Don’t you … Continue reading
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shoulder length or longer
Watching BBC news last night, I learned some of the story of Hair in Great Britain. I recalled listening to the musical’s LP at home with my parents in the 70s. The production was a groovy thing, I thought. I didn’t see it and would have been rather scandalized, I’m sure, if I had. For … Continue reading
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the games begin
Life is funny. The quest for certain goals can make me think I’m going after gold. But really I’m learning to persevere, whatever the outcome. Continue reading
