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I’ll Scratch Your Back, If You Scratch Mine

LesDec 12, 20231 min read

More and more, it’s becoming to do so. I’m guessing the advent of social media has been a large influence. And, with the advent of social media stars become superstars more quickly. But neither you nor I are stars, much less superstars.  (Forgive me if I insult you.) It’s a popular, even fashionable, entanglement.  OneRead More

The Next Step

LesDec 8, 20233 min read

I remember the first time she told me about it. We were sitting out on the front porch of her Grandparents cottage. It’s the same cottage I’m at now, with the same shower water that drives into my back like…

Energy Drinks

LesDec 2, 20233 min read

I first heard him talking about them in the room nearby where I was sitting. He was going on and on about how good it was. He talked about the Italian soda, about the cream, about the blue raspberry flavoring,…

She

LesNov 27, 20231 min read

She lies quietly by my chair during mealtime. Looking on, one might think she were asleep. She has taught me several things already. One is, I must put my silverware down a bit more firmly when I am finished with…

We

LesNov 22, 20231 min read

She often says, “We.” Like, ‘We’ should put the glass back in the lamppost out front. Or, ‘We’ should clean out the car. Or, ‘We’ should get the garden shed cleaned out. And I think there must be some trick…