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Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020

Sonder

Maybe True, Mostly Metaphor Part VIII Identity is an interesting concept, reader. The idea that we can use one word or phrase to describe an…

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Posted on June 15, 2020June 15, 2020

Check’s in the Mail, Pizza’s on the Mind

Maybe True, Mostly Metaphor Part VI What do you think of the phrase silence is golden, reader? Feel free to disagree with me, but I…

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Posted on May 15, 2020May 9, 2020

Your Life’s Work…In One Sentence or Less

You’re on vacation, but it’s a downpour of rain outside.  Just your luck. What was supposed to be a relaxing morning enjoying the outdoors is…

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Posted on April 30, 2020

New Message

Maybe True, Mostly Metaphor Part V “Brazilian?” “Nope, man. Try again.” “Hey Moog, why haven’t you asked the big guy about becoming manager of this…

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Posted on March 25, 2020

The Two Teachers

The professor walked into the café, ordered a drink, and sat down at the window bar with a huff, oblivious to the lone man next…

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Posted on February 1, 2020

Sleepless Outside Seattle

Maybe True, Mostly Metaphor pt IV “Dang man, that’s wild. You think you’ll ever see Alice or your bike again?” Moog asked me. “I doubt…

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Posted on January 26, 2020March 23, 2020

The Clever Painter’s Dreams

“It’s exactly what you think it is,” she tells you with a quick smile, "You're just not thinking wide enough." You furrow your brows, concentrating…

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Posted on January 1, 2020January 26, 2020

100 Years in 1,000 Words

15 July, 1920 Hello. Is that how you start a diar- a journal? This is dumb. This is the worst birthday gift. I am seven years…

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Posted on December 30, 2019January 26, 2020

Spider Storm Soliloquy

Maybe True, Mostly Metaphor part III Reader, have you ever felt like you’ve lost all sense of control over your life? As though you were…

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Posted on December 9, 2019March 23, 2020

The Traveler’s Prayer

If I fell from the sky from a thousand long milesThen would you be right there so to catch me? If I wandered the forests…

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