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Tag Archives: Personal
Gifts from Friends: Saturday Dec. 20th, 2014
Customer need’s assistance in Sporting Goods. Customer needs assistance in Sporting Goods please… “What are you getting Sunny for Christmas?” I ask, leaning over an empty pushcart, one with a creaking left front wheel and something sticky on the handle … Continue reading
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An End to Nothing Important: Thursday Dec. 4th, 2014
“It’s not that bad.” I turn a small mangled square of carbon steel in my hands. Globs of what were to be a perfect welds run along its length like silver bird droppings. “It really isn’t.” June, laying back on her Airstream’s tiny … Continue reading
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Turkey Day, Pass the Ham Please: Thursday Nov. 27th, 2014
“What’s it like having your driver’s license?” Aunt Kat asks. She’s stirring a large bowl of pumpkin pie mix with an impossibly huge whisk as sunlight pours in through the kitchen window, making her glow like the Human Torch. “It’s good.” I say. “I … Continue reading
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A Long Distance Call: Friday Nov. 21, 2014
Bloop, bloop, bloop,…werrrr….werrr…. After a few tense moments Timothy answers my call. This is my first time using Skype ever and I was beginning to worry if I was doing it right. “Hey, Mable.” He smiles, his teeth appearing powder … Continue reading
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Waiting for Gordon: Friday Nov. 14, 2014
“You’re suppose to have the van back this afternoon?” June asks for the seventh time this morning and about the hundredth time this week. “For the thousandth time, yes.” I say, exasperated. She’s acted like changing my answer could bring Morgan’s Cornet … Continue reading
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Pulling Teeth: Monday Nov. 10, 2014
“Do you think you have any cavities?” Mom asks, steering the Camry down 4th St., remembering her turn signal and keeping a perfect thirty feet from the pulp wood truck just ahead of us. “No.” I say, meaning I don’t feel anything and am reasonably sure … Continue reading
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Sister o’ Mine, Where have You Been?: Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014
“Here?” Morgan asks. She points to the Books-A-Million sign standing tall above a half-filled parking lot. I nod, and she pulls my van up to the bargain books carts outside the front door. I step out into the cold. “Make it quick, I’ll … Continue reading
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Jesus Zombies: Friday, Oct. 31, 2014
“So you’re Mable Nolan?” Brother Calder asks. He puts out a large pork finger hand and I take it, receiving a vigorous Lighthouse Independent Baptist Church handshake. “Nice to meet you.” “Nice to meet you too.” My words are feeble … Continue reading
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Gifts from Strangers: Wednesday Oct. 15, 2014
“It’s a tea set,” June groans, her face twisted in disgust, “the wetback got me a tea set! He thinks I’m five. Mierda!” “A tea set?” I take in the scene; June in her backyard, sitting in a vintage lawn chair, behind her the … Continue reading
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Mother of a Ham: Tuesday Sept 30, 2014
“Oliver?” Sunny asks, his lips hovering an inch above the radio mic. The rest of the small ham setup, Oliver’s old Kenwood 2-meter, sits flat on a folding table in front of him. “Hello?” He adjust the tuner with his thumb and forefinger, carefully … Continue reading
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