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I grew up playing in the woods

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words on bay leaves burn

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It was a perfectly autumnal afternoon in 1989 at the Wattsville Fire Department's Annual Fall Festival, and the charred remains of a controlled burn loomed like a mirage in the distance. The sky was a massive grey stone ...

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*excerpt from a song called ‘Always In Love’

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When times are tight

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The barista asked what my favorite strain of apple was. I told them I partake in all kinds but prefer gala. Really any variety that‘s chill. But no matter the strain, I typically enjoy my apples privately these days. If ...

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I sat across from- he who shall not be named- in silence. We were out celebrating our anniversary, though celebrating isn’t really the word for it. We were at this stuffy little restaurant, and my eyes were busy with eve...

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let’s capture something

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you typically practice on Wednesdays

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reflections gather

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Your art isn’t special. But it’s yours.

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take a cut of my earnings

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Poppy was posted up on the stoop looking for suckers. She could spot a sucker from a mile away, and this neighborhood was full of them.

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books and cedar and eucalyptus

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1.4 billion seconds and counting

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low fifty-two

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soup is simmering

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Dear <insert astrological sign>,

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Good used book haul today.

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I saw a squirrel making its way up the big oak tree that shades the Lutheran church across the street. I decided his name would be Merle. Merle the squirrel.

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it's finally cool

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give us this day our daily bread

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give me dal tadka

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pine needle pathway

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Writing stories while Jessi works on a deposition is my new favorite Sunday activity.

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A long and busy week wrapped with a great show at the Flat Irong last night.

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The apartment door was slightly ajar when Cookie approached, and it creaked open a bit with each knock. She poked her head in curiously.

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life’s made of choices

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no walk this morning

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the old sun lies low

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the smell of old books

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slept on a mountain

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LCD Soundsystem, Emerald Village, and the Land of Oz.

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I started writing fiction this year. It began with a folk horror novel, then a dark comedy, and soon I was in deep with 'em both. Then it became a trilogy. This is what always happens.

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Art hadn’t left the house in six years. Life had left him behind. Or was he ahead? Who knows anymore? It seemed like the entire human race had traded living in the moment for time-jumping, and Art wasn’t having any of th...

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