Tales from my head
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“I’ve never seen anything like this before”, Billy expertly spits dip-slop at a fly, knocking it down. “Looks all wrong”, he continues, poking at the thing they found with a dirty boot. He does not always spit accurately, and his shoes and clothing are stained as evidence. “Looks like a picture my sister’s kid once…
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The intersection of Murray and Moore streets is a choke point. On each of its four corners, there are popular businesses. On the northeast corner, there is a Chick-fil-A, and as you look clockwise, there is a Seven-brew, a Walmart neighborhood market, and a large liquor store on the other corners. The roads are extra…
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Happiness is a state of mind, a prevailing feeling that all is well, and a foundation for mindfulness. Everybody I know wants to be happy. We are born with instinctive needs. The need for food, shelter, and companionship is innate because it is essential for the body’s survival. Our minds are something else altogether! Our…
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Tonight, my head is filled with images from my past. I see my young self, tanned so dark that other kids asked if I was Indian. I had thick, curly hair. I wore black-rimmed glasses with one arm taped on with masking tape. The tape was a light cream color. I used a marker and…
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I don’t like myself. I am unbearable, hard-headed, opinionated, and arrogant. Sometimes I am just a troublemaker. I know this not from self-discovery, but from something less subjective. Two months ago, I came home from a day spent with friends, watching a full solar eclipse. The eclipse was spectacular! Seeing the sun disappear, hearing the…
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By all accounts Joe is ‘a good man’. He was born the only child to Joe and Joanne Wish. His parents loved each other and raised him well. Unfortunately they also gave him their unremarkable genes, and the last name Wish. His mother was short. His father was wide. Joe was short and wide. ***…
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Visiting Ireland for a two week road trip I became ill. I saw a doctor at a clinic and she sent me to the hospital. They removed my ruptured appendix Tuesday! This could have turned out much worse! I am so thankful that I saw a doctor. I left my heart in Ireland last year,today…
Tales from my head 