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From a new series of…pieces.
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Another goddamn year. That's goddamn great. It is. It ain't gonna be pretty, but to rip off a sentiment of Sartre's: it's going to ours.
Be good to yourselves and others.
"Love's the only engine of survival." (L. Cohen)
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I was telling my therapist yesterday how I used to love working holidays. Time and a half and all that. We got into a discussion about Christmas songs (which we both like, despite our lapsed Irish Catholic faith.)
“We’re going deep here,” I said.
I’m finishing up this book of short stories I’ve been working on for far too long. That’s my Christmas plan and...
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Is chilly. And no, it's not technically autumn yet, but we're on the cusp, so let me have it.
The winter coat is a bit much, but I don't have a hoodie or other long-sleeve top, so here I am.
Of course there's not heat in the cabin, except for what I get from a fire in the wood-stove, which is substantial, but I have...
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