| The word written on it in large
slanting... 859 |
[Mar. 4th, 2010|03:11 am] |
The word written on it in large
slanting capitals even looked like a word you'd
see on a doctor's prescription: LIQUIN
"What's Liquin?" I askedI suggest you begin by putting it
on finished works with a paper towelLet it dry for twenty-four hours, then put
on a second coatThat will keep your sunsets
bright and fresh for centuries He looked at me
so solemnly I felt my stomach rise a little toward
my chest"I don't know if they're good enough to
deserve such longevity, but maybe they areWho
knows? Maybe they are
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We ate dinner at Zoria's, the restaurant Mary Ire
had mentioned, and I let Wireman buy me a bourbon
before the mealIt was the first truly stiff
drink I'd had since the accident, and it hit me in
a funny wayEverything seemed to grow sharper
until the world was drenched with light and color
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| There's more time to be in the house, and it's... 312 |
[Mar. 3rd, 2010|04:39 am] |
There's more time to be in the house, and it's all bedrooms except for the kitchenHis kid brothers are always making noises, and Alice is sullen as she nurses her bastardWhen he was working it was easier, but now he's with them all the time
I'm getting out of this town, he says at last
What? No, by God, no, his mother says(A short squat woman who has never lost her Swedish accent
I can't take it any more, I'm gonna rot my life away, Eric's old enough to work in the mines if they ever open
You're not going to tell me! he shoutsWhat the hell does a man get out of it, some food for his belly?
Soon Eric works in the mines
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| They had bivouacked in a hollow near the crest of... 738 |
[Feb. 15th, 2010|03:30 am] |
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They had bivouacked in a hollow near the crest of a hill, and before it was dark Hearn and Croft hiked through a small orbit from the bivouac to determine the best place to post a guardThirty yards above the men, at the top of the hill, they looked out at the terrain they would have to cross the next dayFor the first time since they had entered the jungle, they were able to see Mount Anaka againIt was closer than they had ever seen it before, although the peak must have been twenty miles awayBut past the valley beneath them, the yellow hills extended only a short distance before altering into darker tans and browns and the gray-blue of rockIn the evening a haze was spreading over the hills, obscuring the pass to the west of Mount Anaka through |
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| I told him almost
everything, finishing with Tom... 901 |
[Feb. 13th, 2010|03:54 am] |
I told him almost
everything, finishing with Tom Riley standing at
the head of the stairs leading up to Little Pink,
pale and dead and minus an eyeI think part of
what kept me going was the simple realization that
Wireman couldn't commit me to the nearest lunatic
asylum - he had no legal authorityPart of it was
that, attracted as I was by his kindness and
cynical good cheer, he was still a stranger
Sometimes - often, I think - telling stories that
are embarrassing or even downright crazy is easier
when you're telling them to a strangerMostly,
though, I pushed on out of pure relief: I felt
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| "That kid would lick Sam every day, and Sam would... 953 |
[Feb. 12th, 2010|03:44 am] |
"That kid would lick Sam every day, and Sam would go back and pick a fight the next dayAh'll tell ya, he ended up by whoppin' the piss out of that kid
"And then when he was older, about seventeen maybe, he used to be bustin' horses down to the fair in August, and he was known to be 'bout the best rider in the countyThen one time a fella all the way from Denison came down and beat him in a reg'lar competition with judges and allI 'member Sam was so mad he wouldn't talk to no one for two days
"He got good stock in him," Jesse Croft declared to his neighbors"We was one of the first folks to push in here, must be sixty years ago, and they was Crofts in Texas over a hunnerd years agoAh'd guess some of them had that same meanness that Sam's gotMaybe |
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| "That kid would lick Sam every day, and Sam would... 984 |
[Feb. 12th, 2010|03:44 am] |
"That kid would lick Sam every day, and Sam would go back and pick a fight the next dayAh'll tell ya, he ended up by whoppin' the piss out of that kid
"And then when he was older, about seventeen maybe, he used to be bustin' horses down to the fair in August, and he was known to be 'bout the best rider in the countyThen one time a fella all the way from Denison came down and beat him in a reg'lar competition with judges and allI 'member Sam was so mad he wouldn't talk to no one for two days
"He got good stock in him," Jesse Croft declared to his neighbors"We was one of the first folks to push in here, must be sixty years ago, and they was Crofts in Texas over a hunnerd years agoAh'd guess some of them had that same meanness that Sam's gotMaybe |
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| You were sitting in a rocking
chair when I... 796 |
[Feb. 11th, 2010|03:41 am] |
You were sitting in a rocking
chair when I calledYou must have gotten it since
the divorceReading a book and eating a cookieA
Grandma's oatmeal cookieThe sun's out now, and
it's coming in the windowYou have a new
television, the kind with a flat screenIt's sleeping under the
TV
Dead silence from her endOn my end the wind blew
and the rain slapped the windowsI was about to
ask her if she was there when she spoke again, in
a dull voice that didn't sound like Pam at allI
had thought she was done hurting my heart, but I
was wrongIf you ever loved
me - stop spying on me
"Then stop blaming me," I said in a hoarse, notquite-
breaking voiceSuddenly I remembered Ilse
getting ready to go back to Brown, Ilse standing
in the strong tropical sun outside the Delta
terminal, looking up at me and saying, You deserve
to get betterSometimes I wonder if you really
believe |
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| You were sitting in a rocking
chair when I... 812 |
[Feb. 11th, 2010|03:41 am] |
You were sitting in a rocking
chair when I calledYou must have gotten it since
the divorceReading a book and eating a cookieA
Grandma's oatmeal cookieThe sun's out now, and
it's coming in the windowYou have a new
television, the kind with a flat screenIt's sleeping under the
TV
Dead silence from her endOn my end the wind blew
and the rain slapped the windowsI was about to
ask her if she was there when she spoke again, in
a dull voice that didn't sound like Pam at allI
had thought she was done hurting my heart, but I
was wrongIf you ever loved
me - stop spying on me
"Then stop blaming me," I said in a hoarse, notquite-
breaking voiceSuddenly I remembered Ilse
getting ready to go back to Brown, Ilse standing
in the strong tropical sun outside the Delta
terminal, looking up at me and saying, You deserve
to get betterSometimes I wonder if you really
believe |
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| "Once Ah remember there was a fella in town who... 906 |
[Feb. 10th, 2010|10:42 pm] |
"Once Ah remember there was a fella in town who had an English bicycleAmerican one wa'n't good 'nough for himHe lost some of the ball bearin's out of it, and they wa'n' none Ah could get to fit, so Ah jus' took an American ball-bearin' ring, and fit it to't He pointed one of his thick fingers at Gallagher and added, "Rode as good after Ah fixed it as it ever did
"Pretty clever," Gallagher sneered"In Boston you could get any kind of ball bearing you wanted
"A man's better if he can do without at times," Wilson muttered"I don't see where you're such a damn sight better doing without your pussy"That's somep'n a man should never do without," Wilson admittedHe rubbed his hand reflectively against one of the earthen walls of the hole"In |
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| Hello, my account friends 703 |
[Feb. 10th, 2010|10:41 pm] |
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Welcome to my first blog |
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| Say no to naked hiking |
[Feb. 5th, 2010|05:01 pm] |
"The Swiss Alps may be open and free, but that doesn't mean you're allowed to feel free to go naked hiking.
At the request of outraged residents, Appenzell Innerrhoden, a territory in Switzerland, banned naked hiking which is called a disgraceful practice there.
Technically, you can hike freely in other areas of Switzerland all you want just don't let Appenzell's residents see you do it.
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