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Dog Days

August. Even knowing what “the dog days” means, I never hear the words without thinking of dusty, exhausted dogs, lying on gravel in the shade of a pealing building, tongues lolling, rib cages going like automated accordions. Everything is exhausted … Continue reading

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Summer

JULY 20, 2007 Crickets. For some reason, this is the first I’ve heard them in a very long time. An age ago when I was a child, susceptible to magic, and visiting my grandmother in what had to be for … Continue reading

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