Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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Dispatches from a Porch Swing
Dispatches from a Porch Swing
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“Dirty, filthy, wretched, squalid.”

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Jen Deaderick
Jun 02, 2023
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I’m trying to get my house in order. It’s a thing that men tell other men to do in movies: get your house in order! It’s dramatic and refers generally to some sordid goings-on. I initially spelled “sordid” as “sorted,” then corrected it, but getting ones house in order is about sorting, after all. Sorting the sordid. Now I have to look up “sordid.” Is i…

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