Blackberry Bruin
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In 1975, my wife and I moved from a small cosmopolitan city to almost-Arkansas Missouri. In some ways it was de-evolution, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. From Greek bakeries, Jewish delis, jazz concerts, and Broadway-quality theater, we came to Myrtle’s Eats, grabbing suckers, [...]
Double Indemnity
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As it happens sometimes in my narrow life, a friend started me to think. It was when she spoke of her wedding, her husband in his rented tux, and she in her linen suit with dyed to match heels, setting off on their road of [...]
Planting the Seed
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“Got a minute?” he asked.
I’d seen him around the area for the past few days. He was busy, landscaping mostly, installing water features, planting trees. He was a hard worker and so old I couldn’t even guess at his age. It didn’t seem to [...]
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Christmas Eve. From the time I was a young child until my late twenties, I spent it at my favorite Aunt and Uncle’s farm. My Aunt Myrna and Uncle Wayne, their son Gayle and his family, my grandparents, my mother and stepfather, me, and in later [...]
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About 10 years ago, for the first time in quite a while, I went home for Christmas. Well, that’s not exactly true. Home is where my wife and I live. I returned to where I spent my childhood, where I walked the river, hunted pheasants, stalked [...]
Love’s Illusions I Recall
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She was a vision. Petite, with dark brown hair in a pageboy cut. Her gentle rippling laugh flitted on the wind like a butterfly, its fragile wings caressing all who heard it with tender purpose. Arching brows highlighted dark eyes that could delight [...]