Friends & Neighbors

Autumns

I moved a lot when I was young & I still ache a bit at the thought of all those autumns in new & unfamiliar landscapes.

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Avoidance

I’ve learned not to look too closely, she said. Otherwise I’d just keep finding out stuff that’d bug me & we’d never get along.

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Aimless

We always thought she was riding backwards until the day she pointed out that the horse didn’t really have any idea which way he was going either. (Going forward sometimes takes a long time going back, she said.) (Piles of stuff she hasn’t looked at since college)

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Alice

I’m old enough to wear red boots any time I want, she said. She wanted to be buried in them, but her son had them put her in taupe pumps instead. She wore red all winter long so the ambulance could find her quicker if she fell in a snow bank & also it hides dirt. She had married early & had always been a pragmatist.

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All Thumbs

Frankenstein bringing another pile of fruit salad to the potluck because he’s all thumbs in the kitchen.

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Acting Challenge

important to look knowledgable, but not important enough to actually know anything, so he’ll probably do fine as an actor

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Adventure of a Lifetime

off on another adventure of a lifetime & hoping he won’t forget halfway through this time

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