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Poems, stories, and reflections
The Pill Hill Road Sewing Club
My parents moved with their litter to Rockhill Road in the 1960s. The neighborhood was so new that red dirt covered the road and most of the lots remained wooded. An unintentional colony of doctors sprang up: six surgeons, a pathologist, an eye doctor, and a dentist—all within shouting distance. Pill Hill Road quickly became […]
MoreIn the Land of Snow
Another snow fell on top of another snow. They piled up in Iowa, late November until April. The first blanket was light, soft, and clean until muddied and grayed by the roadside, where snowplows threw grit, sand, and ice in the raw morning. By mid-February, the dirty drifts packed down in rough-hewn walls no shovel […]
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Leaders: Who Plays in the Sandbox?
In response to The Daily Post prompt: “Dear Leader”—if your government (local or national) accomplished one thing this year, what would you like it to be? “Why can’t we all just get along?” In 1992, Rodney King appealed for calm during a rampage that followed the acquittal of four police officers charged with assaulting him […]
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Do You Have Permission to Snap My Pic?
Why the blur? I did not have permission to take an identifiable photo of this delightful bartender. She was busy. So I decided to take her picture in fast-action form. (As a courtesy, I showed her the image after shooting it.) If posting a story with photos, I will contact the communications director to ask […]
MoreFortunate Fall: Wings of Desire
The Daily Post Prompt: “Worldly Encounters” An extraterrestrial asks you to recommend one book, movie, or song that explains what humans are all about. Easy answer: the movie Wings of Desire Damiel, an angel, perches on buildings that tower over Berlin. Seeing the world only in black and white, he listens to a stream of human […]
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