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A Girl

A Girl A girl knows it is best, in the summer,to be out in the alley­be­fore morn­ing cof­fee­brings her mother’s griev­ancesin­to clear focus. A girl hides behind a camel­li­abush wait­ing breath­less­ly­for her best friend’s broth­er­who will lat­er­drop a spi­der down the back of her shirt. A girl can be bought off for two quar­ters and … 

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I’m sorry that…

I’m sor­ry that…I ate all the marshmallows.The cat knocked them over and there were grackles.Timbuktu was too far awayYou make lousy coffee.There is no vac­cine for that.I don’t want to go on Tuesday.I haven’t fin­ished Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations.Thursdays are always bad for me; they come after Wednesdays.Your check was late.It’s too ear­ly in the morning … 

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Random Linkage (July 17)

Villagers! vikings! Castles, swords, and … dinosaurs? Dinosaur Battle Town, Eddie West’s 4th year project will thrill the 4 year-old boy in everyone.Yeah, it remind­ed me of Howl’s Moving Castle just a lit­tle too.     The effec­tive­ness of sim­ple mate­ri­als used in a clever way. Paper, pens, scis­sors. Not to men­tion the charm­ing not quite English … 

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Morning Linkage (Jan 18)

in-car video games or is that eco-driving, OBD-II for
iPhone, Brit Super Bike the high­light reel. Bruce Dale for NAt’l
Geo, “fix­ing” his­tor­i­cal images. Walnut cof­fee gear, compliments,
City Hall Station in it’s glo­ry. A cat with a plan to deal with
your keys.