Monthly Archives: October 2016

Promises

Posted on October 17, 2016 by sputterpub

Her dog is walking her this afternoon upon a sidewalk carpeted with leaves, and she detects the winter coming soon for it’s too cool today for T shirt sleeves. An apple is reducing in her hand as she ingests each … Continue reading →

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Note

Posted on October 10, 2016 by sputterpub

I’m taking the rest of the week off. I intend to return next Monday. Meanwhile, here’s a little note: The weatherman suggested we’ll get wet today. He mentioned odds of ten percent, how odd October rain would be, and yet … Continue reading →

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Today

Posted on October 7, 2016 by sputterpub

October 7th is the date today. It’s Friday and the sky is hazy blue. The temperature is high around the bay and smoggy atmosphere obscures the view. The garbage men will cruise our neighborhoods, but only after poachers play their … Continue reading →

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Art

Posted on October 6, 2016 by sputterpub

I’ve seen attacks on concrete walls, with cans of paint, transformative in hands so fast. But more impressive is the way the man’s applying ink to paper makes a cast of monsters matter, pens a scene or act. He draws … Continue reading →

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Mad & Max

Posted on October 5, 2016 by sputterpub

The family greeted Madison and her boyfriend with open arms, but it wasn’t long before some of us started wondering. We tried to attribute their idiosyncrasies to cultural differences – her island upbringing, their Southern California-ness, youth – but we … Continue reading →

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The Taste of Air

Posted on October 4, 2016 by sputterpub

I visited in ‘66 and fell in love. I moved for school and I’m still here, arrested and inspired by the spell, addicted to the lively atmosphere. We form an open ward, but loose and free; we reconfigure gardens but … Continue reading →

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Rosh Hashonah (1994)

Posted on October 3, 2016 by sputterpub

The soup got hotter while the bread grew cool – I took a break to walk the dog a ways the new year’s day before the start of school, and at a trail top, stopped to feed my gaze more … Continue reading →

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