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Seven Great Happy Things

I have not written all summer. Last entry May 29, 2015. Last night the super moon and eclipse and autumn here already. Ah, but the super moon! I forgot it was coming and suddenly saw it between the branches of … Continue reading

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Lilacs, Among Other Things

I’m sitting in the garden, actually was (by the time this is posted) sitting in the garden, after a long long absence. It was as though a loud bell just went off singing throughout this land, “I Am Summer!” Come … Continue reading

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Can I Handle Another Spring?

I’m sitting in a cheap Chinese (Schezuan) restaurant in my ugly rich suburb. Drinking a Rob Roy, a type of Manhattan but made with Scotch. I seem to remember that you drank Rob Roys so I ordered one. Sometimes Manhattans … Continue reading

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Yes, It’s Still Cold and the Tree is Still Up

Yes, it’s still cold and everyone is sick and tired of the cold and the shoveling of snow and the icy streets, and now the awful pockmarked black snow full of plastic bags, gum wrappers, cigarette butts, dog pee and … Continue reading

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Bowl of Stracciatella, Hot Bath and a Laugh

Still cold, very cold but getting used to it. Dark early, coffee hot and bitter but good, Christmas tree still up, and sometimes in the early morning I light it and drink the hot coffee, sit by the Chinese red … Continue reading

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Oh My Icy Breath and Trees full of Starlings

Icy cold today, maybe 10 below zero. Need to go out to post office and bank, bills, end of year things I forgot, almost overdrawn, wrote too many checks forgetting the money is draining like the bathtub. Slight hesitation. Still … Continue reading

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Shall I Fly North or South?

I ran out without a hat this morning. Usually in the winter, once I put the hat on, it doesn’t come off until April. No hat, no gloves, jacket flying open. It was that warm this December, and I was … Continue reading

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Birds, Black Car Texting, Exhaust

Woke up late. Too tired to start things in a hurry, like Saturdays of long ago. Sitting here with coffee, black as hell and bitter. But it tastes good. A grey fine day like someone’s antique silk dress fraying slightly … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Pie, Cindie, and a Flicker of Birds

All the way home from work, riding the bus, I dug deeper and deeper into negativity. Everything seemed stupid and useless and overwhelming, especially the endless masses and masses of cars going back and forth on four different busy roads. … Continue reading

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Birds, Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Tart Cherries, Apricots and Pecans

There are no birds today, or, I was too frustrated, busy and scatterbrained to see them. Did take a quick look out the window when I came home though and they were not in their bird condominium. Birds must be … Continue reading

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