Monthly Archives: January 2021

Processing

Posted on January 31, 2021 by sputterpub

A week ago, I felt dissatisfied.I’d been a little off for several days.I may not have complained enough – I triedto weather symptoms and to get more restand also less caffeine. I didn’t hideconditions, but nobody really asked.I kept them … Continue reading →

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Fragility

Posted on January 30, 2021 by sputterpub

My mother knew a woman once who diedfrom vomiting, when she was 52.I heard the retching caused a stroke that friedher brain and took her life. The story’s true.It made me understand how powerfula normal body function can turn outto … Continue reading →

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Death Goes On

Posted on January 29, 2021 by sputterpub

Besieged by plague 300 days and more,confined by house arrest and shut away,we’re trying to comply, though we abhorthe masks and empty restaurants. We prayfor rescue by the science, and ignorethe claims of idiots. But yesterday,amid the myriads that Covid … Continue reading →

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The Cookbook

Posted on January 28, 2021 by sputterpub

The gift I got comprised a treasure chestof goods that S and I can put to usefor recipes we dearly love to test –low-carb desserts of egg, erythritol(or allulose, which we think works the best),and flours milled from anything but … Continue reading →

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Grapefruit

Posted on January 27, 2021 by sputterpub

Adoring grapefruit when I was a kid,I ate them fresh or, older, drink their juicealone or mixed with vodka. Hormones ridme of my appetite for pamplemousse,amid and after my last pregnancy.And right about when thirst for it returned,I took in … Continue reading →

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Doom

Posted on January 26, 2021 by sputterpub

Remembering the radiation burna worker suffered when his plant misfired,and how it shocked my consciousness to learnthat doom can be as silent as it’s dire,concealing symptoms while it works within,and killing surely though it takes some time…although we still have … Continue reading →

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Inconstancy

Posted on January 25, 2021 by sputterpub

The oldest grandkid functions like a jerk:insensitive to others and unkind.His uncle can be called a piece of work –an asshole when he’s in that frame of mind.The mother of the poet acted meanwhen she was young: abrupt and even … Continue reading →

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More Screen Time

Posted on January 24, 2021 by sputterpub

My BFF is nearly 4 years oldand Covid has deprived him, like his friends,of preschool, parties, libraries. He’s holedat home, and though he’s bright and comprehendsrestrictions, he’s excited by a gamehis parents won’t allow us to enjoy.“He gets too manic” … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Tipping Point

Posted on January 23, 2021 by sputterpub

I don’t think Dad was right about the threatthat comes from sitting near the TV set,or danger to my eyesight if I readin dim light (sneaking stories into bed).But of the bigger subjects he spoke true,like parent negligence that causes … Continue reading →

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Mutation Rate

Posted on January 22, 2021 by sputterpub

So first we made the world a petri dish:with global travel, population growthcondensed in cities; added catalystsof processed foods that benefitted boththe rich and powerful instead of kids;invented ways to propagate false news,appealing to what honesty forbids,portraying shades of gray … Continue reading →

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