Monthly Archives: May 2011

st. joseph’s.

‘what is the first thing that you think of when you think of a wedding?’ ‘bears.’ so this one time my girlfriend, or rather, fiance needed a car for her summer internship fighting evil in nashville. and then our friend … Continue reading

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we are the involuntary.

good news, friends! i saw a snake today! and a great, big toad! i like being outside. i was mowing a great field on friday, baking in the sun and trying to work the finer points of the dixie chopper, … Continue reading

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the only survivor was miraculously unharmed.

i dedicate this story to tyrell johnson. there is a spot by which i sit from time to time, when i get some free hours, at a place called meadowbrook park. this is a quite place, far enough away from … Continue reading

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how to grow up big and strong.

and so suddenly all these strange and mysterious sorts of conversations that steph and i have been working our way around actually get to happen. we get to talk about what happens when we share a life together, and not if we share … Continue reading

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…and i love you.

another morning grows out of darkness, washing the plains and trees, scattered buildings, in the brightness of a new day. another morning dawns like any other. another morning spent driving in an aging car, rotted by rust, emitting squeaks and … Continue reading

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