Tag Archives: Rural

One Hundred Knives

One Hundred Knives

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I made a rule in the old apartment not to answer the phone during exercise time, but this was a new house, my house. I make a new rule, pull the phone out.more

Ralphie is a Good Boy

Ralphie is a Good Boy

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Ralphie is a good dog. We say “Good boy!” and “Good doggie!” because Ralphie can wait patiently for his turn to eat. Ma says, “Patience is a virtue.”  So when Ralphie waits patiently by the table for us to be done, Ma lets him clean up the scraps. Ralphie is a Golden Lab. He ismore

Rent Town

Rent Town

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Easy payments!more

Relentless

Relentless

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A good Christian boy learns to lie to himself in profound ways.more

Good at Finding

Good at Finding

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I can still hear her sayin’, “Why you want to clean up after people’s dirty selves. Not too much pride in that.”more

HARVEST

HARVEST

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But Myers always wanted to quit the mine that he worked full time for, to fold his workpants up, shove them into the woodstove, beat across Field’s Church Road down to the riverbank, and slowly drown himself, strangling on the water, washing the ash and dust out of his eardrums, and die in a pure way, natural, so he wouldn’t end up dirty like his father, hanging from the main beam, filthy as a day’s work. more