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A Christmas Story

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

Last night, I got up to pee. I walked into the bathroom in the dark, and released Gene Creek into the Great Basin, in the dark, when I looked down and saw a moving shadow in the bowl. Remembering that … Continue reading →

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Read My Lips

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

For several minutes, Senator Bob Dole, wheelchair bound, sat in silence before the body of President Bush. His jaws clenched repeatedly; he might have been chewing gum. He watched unblinking, thinking, no doubt, of his old friend, of war. And … Continue reading →

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Cookin’

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

  I stopped by Farmer Orville and Quilt Queen’s house this afternoon. The kitchen was full of great-grandkids, babies mostly. The ones that could walk were scarfing M&M’s. Orville held Jude, who suddenly turned red-faced and exploded out the rear, … Continue reading →

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The Little Girls of Birmingham

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

“The Little Girls of Birmingham”   The little girls of Birmingham sing, in their grandpas’ arms forever: “Will there be a time, no struggles then,” and the angel grandpas sing: “Never, never Never, never, No struggles never. Never.”   The … Continue reading →

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“The Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi by the Coward Prince bin Salman”

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a former Saudi royal insider become dissident, has been tortured, murdered and mutilated inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. He was a Virginia resident. President Trump made it clear that Khashoggi’s death would not … Continue reading →

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Rude Hogs

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

Remember the W.C. Fields film “If I had a Million?” Our hero inherits money, buys an endless string of cars and drivers, and takes off on the highway, deliberately crashing into cars he perceives to be a public menace. After … Continue reading →

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Heat and Flowers

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

Today, I walk early to beat the heat, but there is heat and there is heat. Even the shadows along the path are warm and clammy, jungle-like, a caul, and gnats swarm my shoulders and face and perch on my … Continue reading →

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We Are Schizophrenic

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

I walk with Ruby Puppy in the overgrown blackberry rows butterflies and burst milkweed pods hanging over our heads Peck’s skipper butterflies, a bellwether species, small, yellow-brown, perch on tall grass stems I pick berries and Ruby Puppy eats berries … Continue reading →

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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

A ruby-throated female spent a long time at my feeder this morning. Normally, hummingbirds act territorially, but the lady was calmly sharing with what looked to be a bumblebee, a small black flyer at the tube next to her. Then … Continue reading →

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Stanley: An Appreciation

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

I watched Laurel and Hardy last night in “Sons of the Desert.” It’s one of the great comedies ever filmed, with a skewed look on marriage (Stan’s wife is out duck hunting). Stan and Ollie join a lodge, Sons of … Continue reading →

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