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September 23, 2014 Farmer Orville and I stood in the pasture outside of the horse corral in the early autumn afternoon and watched a weather front come through. It was marked by a wide contrail, northwest to southeast, and it … Continue reading →

September 22, 2014 “Show me a word.” I used to start my writing classes with that declaration, kids or adults. One can’t, in fact, show a word. The things on the page are symbols FOR words, and the symbols are open … Continue reading →

September 20, 2014 Halfway down Clifton Terrace Road, I saw legions of shadows moving east to west. Eighty American white pelicans were a hundred feet in the air, floating counterclockwise in their signature tornado shape, across the greengoldorangeleaf bluffs. And … Continue reading →

September 18, 2014 And I took off again, me and my stent in my fractured heart, on the Genehouse walk, taking ninety minutes for what normally takes fifty. At the bottom, on the river, were over a hundred American white … Continue reading →

September 7, 2014     “I cannot stand a happy clappy church,” Farmer Orville said. “That minister we got now, he goes up and down the aisles, happy, happy, feel good about yourself. Religion ain’t about feeling good. I want … Continue reading →

September 12, 2014 “Hi, I’m Amber,” the young woman said, smiling and showing big teeth and holding an electric razor in her right hand, pushing up her eyeglasses with her left. “What is that for,” I asked. “I’m here to … Continue reading →

September 10, 2014 I’m writing to you from heaven, as I died this morning at St. Anthony’s Hospital, at 8:30 am, central daylight time. The cardiac catheter was mistakenly inserted up my ass. My head was discovered up there, but … Continue reading →

September 4, 2014 The Genehouse Chronicles: “Poet of ‘Genesis”’   The eastern sky is slate colored above the fire of sunrise. Long strings of still, tufted clouds hang parallel, south to north. Jupiter blazes and Mercury sleeps, and there are … Continue reading →

September 2, 2014   This has been the rainiest summer on record. Last night, several more inches fell, the house trembled from thunder and lightning, ants and earthworms are on the move, and tomato plants are prematurely drying up. This … Continue reading →

August 31, 2014   I’m sitting in a chair in room 211, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Alton. I woke up at Genehouse yesterday with severe pain in my left chest. I ignored the pain for two hours then called … Continue reading →