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Monthly Archives: December 2014
Report from a Kayak 2009
Tonight the wind came up. I watched the birth of white caps. A solitary cormorant, head like a worked point, flew low across the bay. Later, the dog and I played fetch the decoy. The cat watched from a bleached … Continue reading
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Hebble Homes
Hebble Homes was built as emergency housing for the overflow personnel working at Wright Patterson Air Force Base during WWII. This compound was located in Fairborn, an amalgam of the little towns of Fairfield and Osborne, Ohio. The homes of … Continue reading
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Judo, Zane, Mr. Weewart, and I
Judo, Zane, Mr. Weewart, and I I’ve fished with my brother many times through the years. In the early days, when we were both kids, we crouched together over a can of worms. We dangled lines side by side from … Continue reading
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Random Turntable
Random Turntable: Posts to Facebook over a period of several weeks in 2013. Random Turntable: Rejoice by the Emotions. How to start your Monday morning!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNtXDoS7y00 Produced in 1977. A great trio/a great beat. Enjoy. Random Turntable: Eurythmics 1984. Doubleplusgood. And … Continue reading
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An Atomic Explosion
I grew up in the nuclear age and have been touched repeatedly by the devastation it has wreaked on people, both as weapon and source of energy. My father, an aircraft electrician, worked on the planes that were involved in … Continue reading
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My Trip to Mongolia
Gordon Blue and Bobby Burns…..met up once in Ulan Bataar Said old Bobby to Gordon I’m a dying of boredom Let’s go in to that nice Irish bar I rode in at dawn On a camel named Khan And my thirst’s … Continue reading
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Easy to Empty My Mind Here: A Few Poems from Mongolia
Easy to Empty My Mind Here: A Few Poems from Mongolia August 17, 2011 at 7:51pm #1 Flap of felt in wind Outside, camels close their eyes Sleep is hard to come. #2 Morning sun subtle Dawn breaks without announcement … Continue reading
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A Hare’s Breath
Memoir A hare’s breath or a hair’s breadth? I’ve come that close to the edge so many times. I choose the sweet hare’s breath then use her whiskers to measure how nearly I’ve come to missing my appointment with destiny. … Continue reading
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Bipedalism is Uncritically Accepted as a Given
Bipedalism is Uncritically Accepted as a Given Among Humans “Walking assuages or legitimizes…alienation.” Wanderlust: A History of Walking, Rebecca Solnit July 32 2014 I did not crawl. Some say that’s a shame And did something to the development … Continue reading
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