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  • Life,  Life as we know it,  relationships,  Uncategorized

    A car covered in stickers is a person wanting to be known

    chiselch / May 12, 2022

    We were driving north from Portland toward Tacoma today, when we passed a small import. Maybe a Toyota Yaris. Not sure, because the car was blanketed in stickers. At 75 mph, and hands…

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  • fiction,  Life as we know it,  relationships,  slacker bullshit,  Uncategorized,  writing

    It’s not that hard to just do nothing — and enjoy it

    chiselch / April 13, 2021

    Even though I am what is called “retired,” my life often reflects a frenetic quality. Not yesterday. On Monday, April 12, 2021 — a day that shall go down in … well, not…

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  • fiction,  Life as we know it,  literary magazines,  writing

    Free fiction for anyone who visits this …

    chiselch / April 7, 2021

    blog post. That’s right, if you’re tired of paying for books and magazines, just follow this link to my most recent online publication, a short story titled “Defending the Home Front.” It appears…

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  • health care,  Life,  Life as we know it,  sticker shock,  Uncategorized,  writing

    Responding to a response to a response to a letter sent to the world

    chiselch / November 22, 2020

    I’m not much of a social media person. I like direct contact, which is why I will fire off an e-mail note to someone whose work or other actions has been particularly impressive.…

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  • catering,  cooking,  Life,  Life as we know it,  slacker bullshit

    A fog from a fire and the fog of arrogance and the fog of incompetence and …

    chiselch / September 12, 2020

    I love fog. I’ve got fog, but I don’t love this fog. This fog is the devil spawn of fire. Smoke, shoved west from its forest home by flames a-billion, then back east…

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  • Life as we know it,  relationships,  Travel,  Uncategorized

    I gave my card to Debby

    chiselch / October 5, 2019

    Not little Debby, the face of bad pastry. Debby, the Croatian immigre to Montreal, the barista who saw me standing outside her little coffee shop and brought a treat out for our dog…

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