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Monthly Archives: May 2018
Didactic Doggerel
The Drunken Forest Oh my! I think that I shall never see A sight as silly as a tipsy tree. The only sight that’s funnier so far? A forest that looks like it closed the bar. If you think that’s … Continue reading
It’s Free
[Product Description for St. Claire’s Organic Candy Licorice Pastilles on Amazon} “A folding display box containing six tins of licorice tablets. Contains no artificial coloring, flavoring, or animal by-products. It is Wheat-free, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Casein-free, Nut-free, Soy-free, Egg-free, Fish/Shellfish-free, Corn-free. … Continue reading
To a Friend — Coding
Terrific article. I like the analogy to cooking. It’s been used before. One of the practice problems posed in an old book of mine was to write pseudo-code on how to boil an egg. It helps grasp the notion of … Continue reading
Written in the 70s — of “understanding”
of “understanding”) that remain untried. This is a queer neck of the woods, both familiar and alien. Jay looked at the sunlight coruscating on the ivy jumbled at the foot of the live-oak, just getting a grip. “This is me,” … Continue reading
“Woman Pointing”
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This Is Stag Country
Alabaster Lafferty was a Van Dam, taught in the old grammar school that stood where the Saddlebag used to stand, caddycorner to where the Sno-Cone was. Rondorian courted her for nine years. His daddy Nicodemus married them. Octavia Burwell said … Continue reading
Keepsakes — Bess forgets
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Keepsakes — I’m cuttin’ up
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Listening to…
Kizzy Crawford and Gwilym Simcock, “Birdsong” (album). The songs are in English and Welsh. (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)