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(Photo Source here, CC License.) Let’s just say it’s, oh, I don’t know . . . 90 degrees in the building that houses the high school’s swimming pool. And humid. Yes, very humid, like a sauna or a spa, although you’ll want to get the very idea of any...
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Reading in the morning, I am distracted by the light that falls across the page, across the room, climbing down the wall as the sun rises. Somewhere, a neighbor’s rooster crows, as I carry my little boy toward the bathroom where he stands ...
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The clever crow places her meal on top of the utility pole at the end of the driveway. The dead bird flops awkwardly on its round, wooden plate. The crow comes and goes, returning as to a buffet, pulling off the tastiest morsels. Standing in the windows we watch,...
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Riding the old yellow Cub Cadet, I mow long rectangles around the back fields. Out in the garden, between me and the road, my husband works with the kids, tying short, thick tomato plants to their stakes with long strips of cotton. From where I sit, rattling and...
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I am the mouse who climbed up the side of the milk pail, intending only to take a sip. Leaning, I slipped, and landed in a sea of creamy white. I am drowning now in this moment of sweetness. There is no option left, but to surrender to its delight. Photo...
