Monthly Archives: June 2005

Dear Charles Martel (1860-1945),

I’ve been looking for you. You are an elusive bastard! Why don’t you come out from between the stacks and show yourself? What are you afraid of? I’ve already found a picture of you. In a group of your librarian … Continue reading

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Code

It is night. Or early morning. There is a fog. Or a mist. The chain-link backstop of a baseball diamond emerges… The sounds of gravel under tires rises… A bright taxi, alternating between yellow and orange colours, alien to the … Continue reading

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The Pillowed Staircase Races

When we were little, my siblings and I would race down the winding staircase of our childhood home – in our pillows… We’d slip ourselves waist deep into the pillows – hanging on to the edge of the pillowcase above … Continue reading

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On Over-Exuberant Cooking Countered By Minimalist Power

Some people can’t feed themselves without the microwave oven. I can’t feed myself without the stove. Saturday evening I arrived home to find half of the power off in the house. Apparently something is amiss with the transformer outside — … Continue reading

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In Which I Bore You With Tales of the Subconscious

At the risk of further alienation: Dreams are back. It’s the regularity that’s noteworthy. Every night. Case in point: Two nights ago. A moral conundrum: I’d just sealed the deal in the stealing of another man’s girlfriend (though the dream … Continue reading

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