The rhythmic cha-chung sound of tires hitting the spaces between mountain road segments. With each pothole along the way I …
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on 4/27/2013
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All I knew about Ms. Zane’s death was told to me by Emma. On an early morning in May, before …
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on 4/14/2013
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Here’s round four in my ongoing list of possible movie title clichés with synopses. While not actually produced, I offer them …
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By: Tim Steffen,
on 4/13/2013
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I was the only one who knew Emma’s secret. I’d learned it by accident when Harvey the rabbit ran away. …
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on 4/7/2013
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Here’s the next round in never-produced make-believe Hollywood movie synopses, but the more I write these, the more I think …
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on 4/7/2013
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I had everything I needed for Randi the goldfish – the bowl and fish food from the one formerly known …
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on 4/1/2013
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Hiccup. The backyard cemetery looks nice in the summer. All the little monuments I’ve made out of paper mache have …
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on 3/29/2013
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Here’s round two in my ongoing list of possible movie title clichés with synopses. While not actually produced, I offer them …
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on 3/28/2013
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Here’s the first in a future ongoing list of possible movie title clichés with synopses. While not actually produced, I …
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on 3/25/2013
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Freiman and I recently embarked upon a food tour of Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina. We’d intended the trip …
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on 3/23/2013
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After my mom’s funeral I busily cleared plates from the coffee tables, end tables, and numerous other tables sprouting up …
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on 3/17/2013
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Hiccup. I have to push my glasses up from off the tip of my death-defying nose, one that swoops down …
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on 3/8/2013
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“See the cardinal?” she asked. “No,” he replied. “Right there.” She pressed her finger against the kitchen bay window. “Underneath …
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on 3/1/2013
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The writing process is never the same for me. Each new idea comes in a different way and is executed …
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on 2/23/2013
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When I was fifteen I saw in ad in The New Yorker magazine for a horseman’s duster jacket sold by the J. …
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on 2/17/2013
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Every June, a good friend offers Freiman and me her family home in Mishaum Point, MA for a week’s vacation. …
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on 2/3/2013
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As I begin research and work on my next novel, Henry and Leo, I’m going to share the work in progress …
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on 12/5/2012
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This coming March it will be five – yes, five (I can’t believe it) – years since my mom died, …
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on 11/17/2012
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I’m riding the subway again on weekdays after a year hiatus housesitting in Pennsylvania. While there I thankfully finished my …
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on 11/7/2012
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Gio’s a brave little pup. (For the most part.) He’s very protective of Freiman and me. If anyone knocks on …
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on 10/28/2012
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Gio is the inimitable Shih-Tzu with whom I’ve lived for the past five years. Since I moved back to New …
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on 10/20/2012
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Upon a recent visit with me in New York City, Freiman remarked that those who don’t live in New York …
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on 10/14/2012
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One of my cousins has a son who’s now in college, but he was very sick when he was a …
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on 10/8/2012
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I have a friend whose brother died a few years ago. He was diagnosed with melanoma on a Wednesday and …
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By: Tim Steffen,
on 10/1/2012
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While setting up my classroom last month before my new students arrived, I stubbed my toe so hard that it …
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