At once beautiful and horrific, The Road by Cormac McCarthy will keep you up at night for two reasons. The first is the nightmare world he sketches. The second is the beautiful relationship between the father and son who are almost the sole living people in that world. Setting aside for a moment the subject…
Protected: I Wonder What Took So Long
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One-Sentence Story – The Neighbors
It was inevitable that one day our next door neighbors would discard a rotting mattress on their front lawn.
The Breakup
I made a terrible discovery yesterday. I’ve suffered from something recently, and finally sat down, shut my office door, and devoted two full minutes to devising possible causes for my suffering. I wrinkled my brow for a second as I thought. A sudden intake of air – I had come up with a hypothesis. My eyes widened…
Hullo
Still busy. But there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. And it isn’t a train. At least I don’t think. Check out my WW blog for the day – it’s a look back at a (mostly) good year. And stay tuned for details of the last couple of weekends, which were wedding-filled…