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over the road and through the woods
cold, drizzling half-mile walk through cracked ice and sidewalk slush to the corner of county park yesterday, past raised residential yards and ornamental trees sleeping 'til spring, our aim set for the opposite corner of the park, but no entrance in sight. we started to follow the perimeter of the park to look for one, but then my friend stopped ( Read more... ) -
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felled trees, dead wood, chainsaws, sleds, soaked boots, soaked gloves,
cold everything, tired arms, torn jacket, broken blades, spooked deer,
and a shed full of logs for the rest of the winter.
"that's what i'm going to put as my facebook status: 'today i played a
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on today's agenda: splitting logs, sweeping ashes, wheelbarrowing wood, and cozying up to a sleeping cat by the warmth of a cast-iron stove, all of it one mile away from the dormitories that i called my home for four years. who knew? -
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mom picking out a melody on the toy piano for elena, then taking her hands and repeating it, ever the hopeful soviet music teacher of reluctant american students -- later, falling asleep in a rocking chair with elena snoozing in a shawl in her lap -- lena tapping away at her online master's degree homework all afternoon -- yuri home late from work ( Read more... ) -
day two
stella the cat sleeping behind my shoulders, jen the person sleeping in an armchair across the room, cherri writing on a sheet of kraft paper with a well-worn pencil in the next chair over, dan and dave talking about mountain climbing gear for an unguided ecuador ramble, caiden playing her guitar, michigan brewed beer bottles holding melted candles ( Read more... ) -
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things that i bought in concrete, washington:
-four-pack of camera film ($13 to barstow's $7)
-bus ticket home ($150)
-notepad & pen at convenience store ($5)
-dinner at annie's pizza ($??)
-these
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new york living
mom & dad are thinking about taking the car to the mitten to see their grandbaby, but if i can't switch my days at work, i'm a no-show ( Read more... ) -
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john cheever, the stories of john cheever ("clancy in the tower of babel").