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Sad watery magic

Kris — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:17:29 +0000

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

It must be true

Kris — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:26:52 +0000

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

Kris — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:04:51 +0000

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

Kris — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:57:22 +0000

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

Kris — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:59:02 +0000

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