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The Longest Day
THE LONGEST DAYBy Mike Jackson I think there is a density to major events in your life. You can feel them if you are listening. You see things that take place in the future without realizing it. For me, it is usually there. I can feel a change coming, like you do when the barometric… Continue reading
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The Exploded View
When I set out to edit The Longest Day, the first story that I wrote in 1996 about the loss of my father, I thought that I could finally do it. It is a piece that based on the story it tells, has covered over the mass tense and grammatical shortcomings. These were done because… Continue reading
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Asian Grocery, Best Buy, B.A.M, and “Going under is cool”
Today was a day we had been wanting to get to, or at least out of the way. Noah needed to have a biopsy on the bone near his right ankle. It has been swollen in a lump since last April. A summer of ultra sounds, x-rays and blood work have led to the need… Continue reading