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Lunatic

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Lynne • 6 Comments

Sometimes I remind myself of the Don Quixote of our yard. He’s a lunatic robin doing valiant battle through this long and glorious spring. I can’t believe he hasn’t killed himself yet. When morning is only a soft charcoal suggestion, he begins flying into the first window in which his reflection becomes visible, fighting off a ubiquitous rival in his territory. He keeps at it,… Continue Reading

Buy From Bricks And Mortar Bookstores…Please!

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Lynne • 7 Comments

Do you order your books from Amazon? I often do. The independent bookshop in my small town closed long ago, and the university bookstore here focuses on student needs and best sellers. Amazon is less expensive. It’s convenient. Reviews are posted, and sometimes they’re very well-done. But on Amazon, I can’t browse the shelves, pull… Continue Reading

Mercy (an excerpt from a novel-in-progress)

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Lynne • 0 Comments

I hope the deer was the last thing Cory saw, not the pickup truck careening toward him, and I hope his eyes were wide and soft with pleasure. We’re here to teach our children and grandchildren, I know that. But sometimes we see things through their eyes and everything changes. Every November for ten days… Continue Reading

On Hunting and Metaphor

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Lynne • 5 Comments

IN SEASON I need bullets, he said, only one left in the chamber, and headed toward the house when by chance I spotted it in the back field, near the woods that drop down to Rush Run, the creek like a vein through our farm, and shouted to him, though a shadow hid whether… Continue Reading

Men Are Hilarious

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Lynne • 5 Comments

My 97 year old father-in-law has always said, “One boy is one boy but two boys are half a boy.” He doubtless developed this theory because he had two sons 18 months apart. After five years of that fiasco, he and his wife must have been desperate to improve the balance of civilizing forces (add a girl) because they tried again. Apparently, they wisely… Continue Reading

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