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Slip Not Lest ...
Slip Not Lest ...
Apportioning blame is a delicate art. After all, we are, each and every one of us, in some way, even a very small way, responsible.
If—to cite the most famous and overworked example—a butterfly wing in China is at t...
Stretch Pants
Stretch Pants
Juliet kept up with Greg a bit longer than I would have expected, all things considered. Occasional phone calls and even a few letters. (Personal letters were a communication method that involved paper and pens and envel...
Tummy Tuck
Tummy Tuck
Been getting a lot of letters with questions about Lurlene, so we’ll have to put off the other again. Seals, I suppose, can wait.
All you’ve had to go on so far is that she’s a little “pushy?” I guess that’s right. Just mo...
A waste of time?
A waste of time?
Okay, finally, we can get back to seals … hand up again? I don’t think … oh, whatever. What is it? The Truckers’ Knot? You haven’t figured it out? Look, I’m kind of tired of the questions. Just put the working end thr...
Bound and Bounded
Bound and Bounded
Now I’m hearing all kinds of questions about Jeanne, so, okay. I get it. The reader is always right. I was going to tell you about seals at this point, but have it your way. Seals will just have to wait. Isn’t that a...
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I've published 20 books as of September 2026,, ranging from essay collections, to biography, to gardening, to a novel, transcripts of lectures delivered over the years, and ten collections of short fiction.
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