Seeing in the River
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She was seven when she left the north country and moved to Missouri with a new step-dad. Living with her grandparents for several years had been a refuge for three…
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Gregor MacGregor invented his own country. It was London in 1820. According to MacGregor’s elaborate ruse, a native chieftain had appointed him Crown Prince. That made him royalty. Much nicer…
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It was going to be a money tree. My friend went to a local green-house and asked for a dead tree. They had one. She took it to church, spray-painted…
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The television show, Mystery Diners, pulls on the inner cop in me. A restaurant is losing money or customers. The owner wants to know why. Mystery Diners comes to the…
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Swaddled and resting in the plexiglass isolette, my granddaughter, Gracie, was less than an hour out of her mother’s womb. Her eyes were wide open. She was so new into…
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Swaddled and resting in the plexiglass isolette, my granddaughter, Gracie, was less than an hour out of her mother’s womb. Her eyes were wide open. She was so…
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The Wal-Mart pharmacy was quiet. It was late March. Flu season dissipated and displays of sun-screen appeared in time for spring break vacations. With a faked nonchalance, I slipped a…
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