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The Bottleneck
When you have so many ideas that they all get stuck.
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Teaching Pixley to Read: A Story of Redemptive Babysitting
Originally written in 2014, gut renovated/revised today. Dedicated to a FOUNDING SUBSCRIBER: Rae Tattenbaum!
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Earning My Recycling Badge
I learned about pollution and the first vague whispers of global warming at about the same time that I grew my first pube.
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The 70th Birthday Poem
I ask you about the “rest of your life.”
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Aug. 15 Emma's Subscriber Coffee & Pajamas Salon
Sunday 8/15 at 10am - Allow me to read you my stories & poems for half an hour. You're welcome to have your camera on or off. I will be your podcast…
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Let My People Go (If They Want)
A snapshot from my early twenties, dedicated to FOUNDING SUBSCRIBER: Diane Tauser 🎵
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David Foster Wallace Fills Me with Hope
Opening the flimsy DIY-hinged door of the Little Free Library.
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The Ministry
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AN ARTS EDUCATION
This story of awe, pubescence & longing is dedicated to FOUNDING SUBSCRIBER, Mike Krafka!!!!!
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The Big Reveal
What a lie you were sold that you are here to entertain others.
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The Olympic Commentators
Incredible people make incredible mistakes.
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Here Goes
A meditation on chance.
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