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"Are you going to break up with me?"
Jennifer kept saying that the night before, and honestly, I'm not sure if she put the idea in my head, or if it was already there festering, and her words we...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:51:00 GMT |
The Sunday Afternoon Book Club |
I'd been away at college for the last several semesters, so when school eventually ended and I came to live back at home for a spell, I think I'd forgotten that my mother was prone to moments of bat-s...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:51:00 GMT |
The Three Christs of Detroit |
"I'm really happy about the direction my life is taking right now." I made my face smile and nodded. Charlie and I were supposed to leave the hospital on the same day, but then instead I left two ...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:28:00 GMT |
Sweep Me Up, revisited |
I met Travis just a few months before he died, at a coffee house, of all places. It was the summer I collected bottle caps off the sidewalk for no reason and stuffed them in my backpack. I did this ...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:16:00 GMT |
Inconsiderate Demons |
Everything about that day was different. Work had seemed to drag on even longer than usual. I was tired and restless. Ordinarily I ride my bike to work, and there's time to ruminate on life and tak...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:48:00 GMT |
The Benefits of the Rocks |
I had this habit of picking up every dark gray rock I saw and putting them in my pockets. Then every night when I changed my pants I transferred the days collection of rocks into the new pants pockets...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:18:00 GMT |
A Ten Toed Sloth With Her Very Own Apartment |
Everybody was getting on my case about how you can't waste away your life in bed watching TV, how I needed to "get out" and "do things", meet people and have conversations, and most importantly, learn...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:03:00 GMT |
