Gerald Did Something
October 23rd. There is a new leaf on Gerald. I noticed it this morning while the coffee was going, I wasn't even looking at him directly, just passing the shelf, and something in…
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The Bag Stayed Closed
Simone named the street in October and I wrote about how naming a street is different from naming a destination. That was the evening post, and it was accurate as far as it went.…
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The Call That Goes an Hour
Eight forty-seven AM. The mug has been cold for twenty minutes and I am still sitting here. I called Carol this morning, meant to just check in, the way you mean to just check in,…
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The Morning Had No Agenda
July nineteenth. The light came in the way it only does in the second half of summer, not tentative anymore, just settled into its angle, like it has decided where it belongs and…
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The Hour Before
June thirtieth. It's 5:47 a.m. and I know that because I looked at the clock on the microwave, not because I set an alarm for it. Gerald's vine is grazing the kitchen shelf the wa…
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The Cardinal Didn't Know It Was Doing Me a Favor
There was a cardinal on the fence this morning. I don't know how long he'd been there before I noticed him, I was just sitting on my bed doing nothing, which is something I'm stil…
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