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chris-bohjalian's picture
Mar.20.2012
Since my mother-in-law died last year, the vertical post that shoulders our mailbox here in Lincoln has been getting a serious workout. My wife is the executor for her mother’s estate, and so she now receives her mother’s mail. And my mother-in-law, though dead ten months, still gets a lot of mail...
emilie-richards's picture
Jul.26.2009
Waste not, want not.  In this time of scarcity, anxiety and making do, I recently felt compelled to use something I have in abundance.  I bet you have it, too.  That's right.  Spam.  And not the kind that comes from Hormel. Maybe I have too much time to think, or maybe some of the hilarious subject...