How to cut wood from a fallen tree
The sturdy roots of a giant oak were snapped by stormy winds before its trunk keeled over behind our cabin in the snow. No…
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Reverend Doctor Garbage Man
As a garbage man, I probably know more about the people on my route than their pastor does. John Marboe This delightful StoryCorps piece…
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My daughter dreams breasts, lip-synching lunch. I am the large one beside her, a sleepy parenthesis curl for her appetite. Like a sleepwalker descending…
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Tears come
The tears start at the back of the eye. I suppress all thoughts of death and blink several times. They retreat. I press my…
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Country roads, take me home
I kick back the blankets and willingly rise at 7:00. It’s Saturday morning in early October, and Dad’s driving into town. He does this…
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