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Saturday Songs for Mary Cigarettes
Last week I discovered that once again, upon wondering why I hadn’t heard from an old friend for some time, that another great influence on my life has passed on. Mary Cigarettes, who bore two different names before I knew him, left this world seven months ago, just shy of his 60th birthday. I found…
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Saturday Song with the Mountain Goats
“There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year!” I can’t believe I haven’t shared something by John Darnielle here before, so for my first post of the new year, there’s no time like the present. When I hit the highway for the 2-plus-hour drive to visit my dad with my boys on New…
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End of the Trail Café
. . . and Recent Publications Though I’ve added some recent publications to the appropriately titled “Publications” page, I haven’t taken the time to individually mention them. Also, I’ve been missing my old habit of recording poems. Usually, it was the poems of others, since my own were out searching for publishers, and to post…
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Haunted Hospital
Originally posted on The Monkey Prodigy: Haunted Hospital I was pacing around The Valley again when I saw a hospital worker approach a patient who was talking to himself. They started talking as I eavesdropped. She asked who he was talking to. He explained he was reliving times spent with his friends who weren’t there.…
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Life Update And Music For Monday
Originally posted on The Monkey Prodigy: Hello. Welcome to life update. It’s because I now have to manually update my life. It’s been like this ever since I got a smart phone. It’s been some time (which is technically always true of anything) since Dad J Bauman and Son Of Dad J Bauman have finished…
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Craft Talk and Reading Updates
Good golly, October is going to be a busy month! I’m not complaining, but this is taking some careful attention and preparation because there’s a lot to fit in. A major fundraiser for the library, multiple library related meetings: board, district board, women’s club, friends of the library, and so on. It’s a rough month…
