Issue 35
“If he likes you he’ll smile, and he’ll say, / ‘Jimmy, some of it’s magic, some of it’s tragic / But I had a good life all of the way.’ / And he went to Paris / Lookin’ for answers to questions / That bothered him so.”
“He Went to Paris,” Jimmy Buffet
Tractor Ghosts & Whittling Lessons from an Absentee Father
Tractor Ghosts Grandfather, I am driving your memory back to the shed. Your tractor’s power steering is shot, and navigation demands a farmer’s muscle to raise specter-gray clouds of soil. Diesel smoke stays in this baggy work shirt, and it triggers your lessons:...
Lost In Reflections: Strawberry
Often, illusions appear to be more clear and beautiful than the reality. One day, you want to see yourself a hero. Another day, you prefer to play a victim. For someone, you’re a kindness, and for another, you’re a monster. We’re all so different every...
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