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The Literary Tango
Yesterday, I should have dealt with the taxes. Well, I already did most of the number checking in January. Now comes the packaging up of the paperwork, the labeling and organizing for the accountant. I’d do these taxes myself but, … Continue reading
Little Britches – more grit
A couple of years ago, Rachel showed up on my doorstep with a bag full of books. “Gotta read,” she said, and thrust them into my hands. It was the beginning of my odd journey with Little Britches. As I … Continue reading
Riding Freedom: a review
It began to be my practice, some decade and a half ago—just about the time we started making enough money to actually buy some of the things we used to spend our “date nights” lingering over as we tolled the … Continue reading
What’s that cloud’o dust risin’?
Okay Scribe, and Dick—if you dare—pin down the allusion: “. . . nor heck a fury like a woman scorned.” Or, in today’s application: a fury like a feeding frenzy. No. Wait. I mean “like a cleaning frenzy.” Which fury … Continue reading
Twilight and other purloined morpheme packets –
I don’t like it when a word—especially one I have a special fondness for like, say, “lunch”—is hijacked by one particular group or circumstance, and fenced off so that I can’t use them they way I’ve always used them, the … Continue reading