anecdote #288 - column man
opened his relationship for whathe could get.when she agreed, men camewho enjoyed her.he became jealous, baffled why anyonewould find her interesting.what she realized? past time to move on.what boring...
View Articleanecdote # 289 - Mark Twain
"Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option."Thanks. Lightbulb. Extending my limited energy at insistent indifference/resistance?We don't need to be...
View Articletribute # 282- Lesley
It's the quiet ones you've got to watch(Instead of the complaining noisemakers).Makes the world she wants to have, the timeto be present, water off duck's back,gives detailed feedback, encouraging...
View Articletribute #283 - Moriarty
Moriarty said I want to stuff you with crumpets. It came to be a shorthand for: I can't do much, but this much happiness and luxury I can make. Past basic needs, loving and treasuring you the best I...
View Articleanecdote #290 - L
pressed for time togetherand I deflected. fond of Lbut busy. I didn't realizebond establishments neededintense rapid contact thenI could be put on a scheduleof relationship maintenance.missed that...
View Articletribute #284 - Ramsey
Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares is a reality check. You can work sloppily in a field for years without foundational knowledge or skill. Continuing is proof of nothing. Small commitment to learn,...
View Articleanecdote # 291- Palestine's blogger (1.5 post)
I assumed she meant Palestine/Israelbut maybe she meant Palestine, Texas.I found it like a train-wreck — her talkof PTA-meeting blowouts, husband, gossip,kid acting out, doing flower arrangingcooking...
View Articleanecdote #292: H
crossfired. H loaded one wordused to accuse me of illiteracy/infinite stupidity.unfair this explosion at me as intolerableshould be H's whole legacy.one withering echoes another withering like a flankH...
View Articletribute #285 - M
was a mix of hanging out, jokingwith an annual proposition. now that.the rest fallen away.his identity is horny. nothing personal.part of him *shrug* but if that's all I get to seethere's no gain for me.
View Articleanecdote #293 - craft person
still carrying herhow she tore into meplaintive about how I wasstealing food from her mouthby documenting the fair I organizedby photographing a room her crafts were in.I can't let crazy people rule my...
View Articleanecdote #294 - hygienist (1990s)
my jaws open for longer,wider than ever. thenthe way she asked if Iwould want lip balm.how she smoothed it onthe sympathy of her face.was I ashen, shaking?a wave of compassionenergy, almost visible.
View Articlecollective #90 - quiet ones
need to retune attention towards quiet oneswho don't clickas if forcing mismatched jigsaw piecesnot seeking to close on my usefulness,open palmed, they could take orleave me.quiet, not self-divulging...
View Articleanecdote #295 -CanDoA
newbie, utter new to ideaof writing but on fire.can you do anything?even open heart surgery?yes (she must assures herselflibraries must have a book)I've had students withdecades more skill...
View Articletribute # 286: Talus Taylor
Barbapapa, innocent safe.He and Tison made a worldof constant picnics, riversidecommunity, painting and playbecoming whatever you wantedas a lark. be a lark, a fish, a boat.joyful interactions. face...
View Articleanecdote #296 - C
ah, look in there. heart fistscramps. competitive. bitter.earnest need to beat herat scrabble. means somethingmore when it's her. grudge.is she iconic of a group?what's that about heart?ego, identity...
View Articleanecdote #297 - the old neighbours
heard emotional meltdownsvolume-cranked articulate insecuritiesher husband's walk to cool off,read each walk as quieter version of,shale sheared from the ideal of herwider range. they won't...
View Articleanecdote #298 - S
goodbyes aren't always coded clearly.when she strained, emphatic: how I'dalways matter, she'd always support me.mute, didn't know what to make of it.that was goodbye. that was her finalletting go, not...
View Articlecollective #91 - general public
broadcasting by blogs, photos, social mediasituates interactions in cold interstitial spacenot intimate, connected, compassionate hover.why should they surprise me with failuresto engage, indifferent...
View Articleanecdote #299 - boys
in the parking lotat the feed milltwo skateboardersyelled, "old man"at my father. hegripped the wheelshook from the handsthrough all of himtore off on footafter them asthey laughed.do they recall?
View Articletribute #287 - Mrs. Martin
bless her, she hired mewith doubts intact.all my answers were:yes, I can. laundry?ironing? cleaning?I'd never touchedan iron or machine.I burned straight thruher nightgown.she knew: everyone's got...
View Articletribute: #288 - Pete
I presumed we were clicking.He wasn't leaving.Laughed at my jokeadded to it.instead of backing away.He'd be a good role model.There to dance, conversationally.No promises or implicationsdoing figure...
View Articleanecdote: #300 - neighbour
we've talked dozens of times.she's in a constant dreadful fret.I presumed it was her nature.what if associations with mecall up all her anxiety.automatically worst words come.she's trying to drive me...
View Articletribute #289: tattooed bear
In university I went downtown.got turned around.Anyone I asked said no change, sorryor turned suited shoulders away.Outside Living Colourbig ole tattooed dudes smoked.Taller asked what I was looking...
View Articleanecdote # 301: E
His lowered gaze: "the Bible says to forgiveso I do"he pausedthen a sharp glare"but I don't forget"(at 14 I felt he got forgiveness wrong.compassion as equal — key.)he enters dementia.their reciprocal...
View Articleanecdote: 302: Baritone
the senior backed me against the fridgewhen I said wha?he shoved his tonguedown my throat,stoppedpatted my headsaid, niiiicein his baritonewandered off smiling.I sputtered at colleagueswho said I must...
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