Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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Legs
“I can’t wear my reading glasses in the shower, so I can’t do the detailed work I used to do.”
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Eclipse
“I immediately knew that I’d need to be with the chickens when totality happened.”
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March 2024

Nibbling
“I made a cup of instant Viet coffee from a pack of packets my pal Brian gave me, and heated up some pizza rolls.”
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Lucky
“I knew it wouldn’t last.”
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Deal
“I practically kissed the guy who rung me up.”
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February 2024

Bonkers
“I was far too vulnerable to a young, hard-selling woman…”
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Grief
“I had a bunch of different folders for different projects, and big yellow legal pads to write on.”
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Choices
“I popped on Born to Run, and Thunder Road made my brain relax.”
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Undertow
“I’m very aware of the clicks of the wheel of time, measuring the turns.”
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Ridiculous
“Something like the Love Boat required permission from my Mom.”
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January 2024

Bored
“Everything I‘ve done in my life now seems pointless because I ended up here with a bruised noggin.”
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Bruised
“There I was being wheeled in and wired up.”
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