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Marcus, in Gail Godwin’s new novel, Grief Cottage, recalls his friendship with Wheezer, whom he’d once beaten up at school because Wheezer had exposed Marcus’ shameful secret about his mom. Now Marcus, age 10, is an orphan. His dad has always been unknown to him; and his mom has just died in a car accident.
Relocated to his aunt’s beach house, Marcus, despite the safety of the place, finds himself in trouble. He’s communicating with a ghost. He’s having dreams…
ContinuePosted on June 3, 2017 at 1:00pm
I Have a Coin
I have a coin I deem a treasure.
One side bears the sign of extinction,
And the other, an instance of nature.
But it’s not a coin; it’s a seal,
And the meaning of this distinction
Is the unbearable sadness I feel
With experience, or with closure.
It seems like a double exposure,
But the knowledge of impermanence
Bleeds into the ideal likeness
Of mortality in its eminence—
To…
ContinuePosted on May 12, 2017 at 8:00am
Another riddle, since you liked the first so much
Mickey Mantle
Pete Hill
Rocky Colavito
Dusty Baker
Curt Flood
Mickey Rivers
Cory Snyder
List of baseball outfielders with names that have to do with layers of the earth, in order of sports greatness.
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ContinuePosted on May 2, 2017 at 12:30pm
Tying shoelaces,
Lifting a mug by its handle,
Lifting something that requires all fingers,
Pressing down hard while writing,
Shaking hands:
Things hindered by a bruised forefinger.
I would have had more things to record, but unfortunately my finger healed too quickly.
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ContinuePosted on April 30, 2017 at 6:00pm
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