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  • ‘scared to death’

    ‘scared to death’

    Ralph Yarl is home from the hospital and recovering, “a miracle” considering he was shot in the head before the “terrified” gun-owner shot him a second time as he lay bleeding on his front porch. He’d come to the porch to pick up siblings but rang the bell on a Street instead of an Avenue—or…

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  • LIARS&ICE

    LIARS&ICE

    Word count, dental visits, complaints about the weather, lies, and the lying liars who tell them.

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  • GARY’S WOODPILE

    GARY’S WOODPILE

    I should have got a photo. I caught Gary vacuuming his woodpile.

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  • NEXT?

    NEXT?

    Gary and I are working on our future. Eventually the upkeep and isolation of the Arch Cape house will be too much. Our sons do not seem attached to the coast—oh, they say they miss it, but they seldom come out to visit. Once a year, or twice. They lead busy lives. That means we’ll…

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  • MIRTH & day 4

    MIRTH & day 4

    I woke too early this morning. That happens a lot these days. Sometimes I can get back to sleep. Sometimes I go to work. Lately I am knitting and revising my novel. Doesn’t that sound wonderful to myself: revising my novel!

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  • AWP & writing and courage

    A review of my writing and plans for April. No kidding. “Vogue Philippines released its April issue on Friday and its newest cover model is an 106-year-old indigenous Kalinga woman, Apo Whang-Od, also known as Maria Oggay.” It would have been more impressive (on the part of Vogue) if this had been the cover of…

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  • NUDITY

    NUDITY

    Years ago, the Art teacher at the coastal high school where I was also a teacher for thirty years asked the Biology teacher to pick up a special-order book for her while she was shopping at Powell’s Book Store in Portland. (I was not that Art teacher—I taught Art in Washington State—this was Sandy, the…

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  • SKY

    SKY

    It is the sky that inspires. It is the sky. The sky.

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  • MAYA ANGELOU

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  • GOOD NEWS

    GOOD NEWS

    Our granddaughter had her second heart surgery this morning. It went well. Minimally invasive and she may go home this afternoon. Incredible. There’s more goodness…

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