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Casting Bread

           My mother used to make bread.  By hand.  What I mean is that there was a period of time when she did this.  I don’t remember a lot about it—a very large metal bowl, the … Continue reading

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Campaign Away!

I’m going to be straight about this: I’m voting for the McCain ticket in November. It’s not because I love everything about it, More like, I’m less afraid of it. There’ve been maybe two elections in my whole life in … Continue reading

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And now we pause for a message from . . .

First of all, gotta tell you how much I LOVED the comments.  Heck, I kicked off my shoes and ran through them barefoot.  I closed my eyes and poured them over my head.  I lit their fuses and watched them … Continue reading

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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Note: this and the coming entries are the follow up of the entry just before this one: Outline of the Weird Month.  Which is not actually its title.  It’s the one just under this one, before it.  Or after it. … Continue reading

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Sum of the Parts –

I’m not making the personal essay->bloooogg transition well.  I tried breaking this thing into three parts – but I’m afraid nobody will read them all because there are so many.  And, my gosh, who’s going to leave comments on each … Continue reading

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A Bit of Ponder –

On riding a horse (but not really): People have been riding horses for ages. Horse=transportation. I was told by some of my up-start students this morning that riding a roller coaster is twenty times safer than riding a horse. Tell … Continue reading

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