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A Heart of Stone

Posted by admin in November 17th, 2009 | 5 comments 
Published in gratitude

I had an empty Dr. Pepper can in one hand, using it as an ashtray, and a half-smoked cigarette in the other. I was sitting in a big leather wingback chair Indian style staring at a sign on the desk that read, “No Smoking Please.” Whatever. I was stoned. It wasn’t even noon yet. The [...]

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Love Trash Day

Posted by admin in September 3rd, 2009 | 2 comments 
Published in Blessings

Thursdays are trash days around here. I love trash days. I love the idea that we can go through the house and load up all our accumulative trash, put it out at the end of the driveway and know that it’ll be picked up and taken care of. I’ve lived in countries where there is [...]

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