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Feb.21.2013
I am driving my van down the street. Right hand on steering wheel, left hand twirling a few strands of hair, Katherine Jenkins mezzo soprano-ing Abide with Me, sun shining, alone in my thoughts and enjoying each breath I take. When out of the blue a bicycle comes out of the side street without...
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Feb.10.2013
Men Who Walk Dogs Without Leashes
Here we are on a lovely Sunday out for another perfect walk. Stanley is feeling pretty frisky which is a good thing considering he spent the first two years of his life “on the street”! My son makes fun of me when I say that but I think...
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Jan.31.2013
Millie looked at the screen in the front of her couch and it read, “When ready to return home, please press the red button.”
She asked, “Is everyone ready to go home?”
Tired little voices from the couches behind her agreed that they were ready to go home. Jasmine said, “I just wish that it wasn’t...
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Jan.23.2013
As they were leaving the park they saw the booth for donations and Millie bent down to retrieve her last penny. Again she had difficulty getting the penny out of the little window and Honey came to her rescue and popped it out as easily as she did the first one. She dropped it in the slot of the...
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Jan.18.2013
Rose and Sir Thomas led them into the park and over to the “Whip the Tail” ride. It was a huge cat’s tail that swung back and forth lazily from side to side. It had cars that ran back and forth inside. As the tail went from one side to center, the cars would come closer to the root of the tail....
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Jan.11.2013
The door to the instant travel machine closed, a red light flashed once and then the door opened again, instantly…
As the door opened, a weird red light flooded the compartment from outside and a wispy red fog blew into the doorway and filled the little chamber. Everyone’s eyes were staring at the...
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Jan.08.2013
Coming home to a brave new world. My eldest fur baby is now well into his twelfth year, and has some common elderly issues. His are due to neurology, the vet informed me. So coming home is a mine field. We have cornered off the couch with a fence, and had tried a denim diaper from one pet store. It...
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Dec.28.2012
Readers: Part Two of "God Won't Let You Starve" will be posted soon. In the meantime, I'm sharing a piece written shortly after I returned to the small community where I was raised, after an absence of almost forty years.
In preface to this piece, I am obligated to let you know I am an...
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Dec.27.2012
They heard a short electrical buzz inside the machine and saw movement through the light. A hand grasped the edge of the doorway inches from where Millie had first touched it moments ago. They all backed up a step and were ready to flee for their lives on a moment’s notice, when a lovely...
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Dec.27.2012
Sadie, my dog is in her usual position at the end of our king-sized bed. She’s stretched across the entire width in a diagonal angle which makes it tricky for me to find my own niche. I haven’t figured out how a medium sized dog can turn into one very long dog at bedtime...
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