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(The weather is here. Wish you were beautiful.)

It’s rainy and 39 but I don’t mind. Only if I think good and hard about it. Then I remember. Sweating miles to the aggression. Industrial staccato drumming my skull. Gravel under my feet, two, three, four, two, three, four. Shoulders back..

On defining moments

Journal entry / thought(s) for the day.

Magnolia

For little girls everywhere.

Brink

Combs in back pockets, weBalance and preen,Give ourselves a glance in the glass,Roll past the lockers and strut bythe boys. Boys, boys, boys, bold enoughTo smoke outside bathroom stalls.Hair past their shoulders, theyPose in dark corners and light up,..

Roads: Notes for Readers

Just a few things I though l should mention...While I didn’t think a ‘mature’ rating was warranted for The Echoing Green, some details of the story are disturbing. So I feel I should give fair warning to anyone who might be especially sensitive. This may also apply to..

Roads: Prologue (Queen of Heaven)

Roads: The Echoing Green

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Journal entry. Autumn, 2006.

Untitled

Journal entry. Summer, 2006.

Cleo by Day

Winter, 2007-08.

Driving Home

'I was born in a small town.' Summer, 2007.

Thieves at the Quarry

Spring, 2007.

Circulation

Summer, 2007.

Exodus

Summer, 2007.

The Birds of Lebanon

Summer, 2007.

Fragment

Autumn, 2006.

Mrs. Stuttgart

Summer, 2007.

Book 'em

Winter, 2006.

The Fourth Step: A complete inventory of your crimes

Palahniuk-inspired. Summer, 2007.

Imagining we are artist and muse, in preparation for the final sitting

Summer, 2007.

Schism

Mad Hopes

Autumn, 2007.

Adrift

Summer, 2007.