March 2004

This monkey on my back's twelve steps to heaven

The house on 45th Street is two doors down from the church. This affords the residents ample parking. A large white sign on a pole announces that the church hosts a twelve step recovery programme. “How convenient,” I thought when I moved in, but have been studiously otherwise engaged throughout the sessions. Apparently such meetings […]

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Hot date

We went to the drive-thru bank yesterday. My baby turned heads. “Excuse me sir, is that a Saab?” “Why yes it is.” “My associate thought it was a Saab. Very durable I hear.” “Nineteen years old, and still going strong. I love it.” I glanced at the teller’s associate who blushed as she eyed up

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Painting

Now that I’ve started painting after an abstinence of maybe two decades, I’m kind of in the groove again. (I don’t count painting walls or fences as real painting) So maybe the cowboy boots do look kind of spiffy after a few licks of silver, purple, yellow and green. But should I convert my Saab

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