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welcome to me, you.

Interests: you. also me. (in that order.)

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Such Accord with the Spheres

In the trajectory of this planet through space-time from violent birth to violent death we enjoy this season during which the innumerable environmental variables are temporarily hospitable to life such as us. The complex motion of this planet has turned... Continue reading

Posted Mar 13, 2013 at caveat emptor

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Her. Her and Him.

She plays outside with him whatever the weather, sometimes in yesterday's hair, sometimes in shiny, fancy regalia. When the money is short, she buys him the handful of foods he will eat and forages for herself. She does all this... Continue reading

Posted Jan 11, 2013 at caveat emptor

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She prefers the mild winter or fall because she loves the way she looks and feels with high black boots hugging her legs and the swish and sway of long, light jackets or sweaters. Her best friend has long, full,... Continue reading

Posted Jan 7, 2013 at caveat emptor

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I was a little surprised to see an octopus sitting at the bar, to be honest with you, but I acted cool about it. I try to be open minded, you know? I just took my normal seat - two... Continue reading

Posted Jan 5, 2013 at caveat emptor

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There's a road at the edge of town that only a few of us know and if you take it your sorrows and your fears and all your weary years cannot come with you. At the end of the road... Continue reading

Posted Jan 3, 2013 at caveat emptor

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I dreamed an old dream I've not dreamt for some time that I was the one responsible for shaping the clouds so that they looked like animals to children staring up from below. It's an important job, and difficult, though... Continue reading

Posted Dec 31, 2012 at caveat emptor

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Ming the Adorable Thing

In the land of adorable things An adorable thing who's named Ming Had the job to sing songs for the king But there was always one line in each song that didn't rhyme or keep the tempo Though the rest... Continue reading

Posted Dec 30, 2012 at caveat emptor

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Truth or Consequences

He preferred to listen to the radio as he drove, but there was nothing in this part of West Texas but country stations and Mexican radio, so he was sitting in prickly silence except for the wind noise, which was... Continue reading

Posted Dec 29, 2012 at caveat emptor

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Every morning, however she feels, she packs a modest lunch from home, because she has learned that the ritual discipline of small practicalities builds, bit by bit, the quality of life she had no hope for when she was out... Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2012 at caveat emptor

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At the place where the copse-tangled creek - deceptively untamed for the urban neighborhood through which it meandered - passed under the busy boulevard, he trekked through what he was tempted to call a culvert, though in fact it was... Continue reading

Posted Nov 29, 2012 at caveat emptor

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You're welcome. And thank for the same. Hello, Jen.

Commented Nov 29, 2012 on What I Want at caveat emptor

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If someone asked you the question, "What do you want?" could you answer it? Do you know what you want? Because I don't. Well, I might. I asked myself, and I didn't know. I really didn't. For the past twenty-one... Continue reading

Posted Nov 28, 2012 at caveat emptor

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Does someone wonder where you are, when you aren't there? Does someone wish you were here? Sometimes it's nice to disappear, I guess. But when you're out for days, for months, and no one ever calls to ask, "Where are... Continue reading

Posted Nov 16, 2012 at caveat emptor

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As for me, I love Doomp, the crabby bastard. He's a helluva guy. He's the only bearable Oompus. The rest of them can go straight to hell as far as I'm concerned. I wouldn't give half a nickel for the whole lot of them. But Doomp? He's a peach, one of the good ones. You have to love the good ones.

Commented Nov 13, 2012 on Doomp the Oompus at caveat emptor

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Doomp the Oompus

Doomp was an Oompus. Oompuses were adorable creatures by nature, natives of Goompus. (The similarity of the name of the group and the land from which they came is common among the cuter people groups.) Doomp wasn't a typical Oompus,... Continue reading

Posted Nov 13, 2012 at caveat emptor

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There are four Corvus corax that I know of in this cemetery right now. They caw loudly to each other or maybe just out to the universe in general. They move, one at a time, from tree to monument to... Continue reading

Posted Nov 11, 2012 at caveat emptor

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I keep hoping you will haunt me Every night I lie and wait For you to come through the wall Or rise up from the floor Or float down through the ceiling fan But you don't show up And I... Continue reading

Posted Nov 4, 2012 at caveat emptor

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Enough, For Now

Outside under the warm blue the scattered trees shading the sidewalk and peering up over the low shop roofs are fidgeting about a fitful, hot breeze. A few grackles and one male cardinal light on the brick edge of the... Continue reading

Posted Sep 2, 2012 at caveat emptor

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Happy Susie Day

After she finished her accounting degree in 2008 my Susan got a position as an auditor with Rylander, Clay and Opitz (RCO), a local accounting firm in Fort Worth, Texas, where we live. Dennis Opitz, a partner in the firm,... Continue reading

Posted Jul 12, 2012 at caveat emptor

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That's pretty much exactly what my psychic told me about the dream when she called me the day before I had it. Hello, Karen.

Commented Jun 23, 2012 on No Chess, So a Dream Recounted Instead at caveat emptor

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I know, right? Very creepy. Hope I didn't disturb you too badly. Hello, Twila.

Commented Jun 23, 2012 on No Chess, So a Dream Recounted Instead at caveat emptor

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No Chess, So a Dream Recounted Instead

I came downtown to observe the Friday night chess games at the coffee shop, but no chess players showed up, so, instead, I will regale you, the anonymous reader, with last night’s dream, about which I cannot stop thinking. I’m... Continue reading

Posted Jun 22, 2012 at caveat emptor

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That's a beautiful thought. Although its hard for me to imagine that the warmth of humans themselves (body warmth) makes much difference, it makes sense that the controlled climate required for human habitation would also benefit the house. Little actions of care and repair, willful or just incidental, go a long way too, I think. Hello, Karen.

Commented Jun 12, 2012 on How Houses Grow at caveat emptor

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How Houses Grow

A house takes no note when the inhabitant leaves for the last time. However elegant or civilized humans might consider the structure, a house does not differentiate itself from the external world. A house is just a complex arrangement of... Continue reading

Posted Jun 12, 2012 at caveat emptor

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The Dream Where You Were Still Alive

In the dream you were still alive. We were at some strange art and music fair and you were playing an impossible dream violin that used a long, flowing curtain instead of a bow. I cannot describe how it worked.... Continue reading

Posted Jun 10, 2012 at caveat emptor

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