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Sad watery magic

She reads a line in a book . . . “Someone was always dying somewhere, and in the summer of 1958, the year [he] counted himself ten years old, it was his mother’s turn.”  She reads that line in a book, and then she finds that she cannot breathe.  Tears spill from her eyes …Sad watery magic


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    It must be true

    I rarely mention my siblings in my writing.

    Marshall Elliot Cassidy Theo Carly Thea

    I go so far out of my way to leave them out of the stories of my childhood that sometimes people get confused . . . Where were your brothers and sisters when all of this was happening? I write …It must be true

    Detour of Kris

    In news of the sort I am not allowed to share, Mark is mildly broken.

    Not broken in a run-over-by-a-bus way, more like a this will be a really funny story when it stops hurting but it hurts right now so do not tell this story you are so annoying I said do not …Detour of Kris

    Forgotten toast of motherhood

    Our second and final night at a lakeside cabin . . .

    I kiss Maj good-night.

    “Mother, what time are you waking me up tomorrow morning?”

    “Check-out is at 11:00, and I was thinking you guys might want to kayak on the lake one more time before we leave. So I am going to …Forgotten toast of motherhood

    Sex-blown

    We have just had sex, and as Mark rolls away from me, he says . . .

    A pause here, because I want to be sure you understand that this was awesome sex, as opposed to “there is a naked person who sleeps in bed with me and that is handy because I have …Sex-blown