Tag: Life
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The Last Duck on the Pond
It was a chilly morning, about 19 degrees, when I did my walk. I had to wear a coat and a stocking cap. But it’s a walk I’ve taken many times and in much colder, more inclement weather. In order to take the air, I usually walk from the nearby gas station – which serves…
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All the Change We Cannot See
Summer 2024 has been quite the summer, though you might be hard-pressed to tell given the fields surrounding the house here in Cotton County. They look about the same as they always do this time of year. Freshly plowed fields lay open and quiet during the blistering months of summer. But these will soon yield…
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The Conklin All-American
I spent the past half hour changing the ink in my pen. It isn’t an expensive pen. It’s a fairly typical cigar-shaped, fountain pen made by the Conklin company out of Toledo, Ohio. It’s called the “All American” in tortoiseshell brown. I’m guessing it set me back $40 max a couple of years ago when…
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Little Things
Sometimes, I get the urge to write when something is going on in my life, or perhaps if I get a random mental lightning strike of inspiration (often borne of weariness à la my DFW post). But this happens irregularly and it’s even more infrequent that an idea actually makes it into a post. But…
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DFW, 3:58AM
Floor buffers stalk the terminal, hell bent on their mission to spit and polish the aging tile. Meanwhile, cafe workers stand at the ready to dole out food if only the lines would form. It’s the graveyard shift at DFW. The lone open restaurant in the entire airport is Panera Bread. And calling it open…
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