Monthly Archives: March 2004

Cultural Literacy

The other day, I said something and Stick asked “Who’s Edward Hopper?” “Chop suey? Dark paintings cropped funny?” I tried to tell him, leaving out the bit about my sister Bethie jumping up and down in front of the calender, … Continue reading

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Speed Dial One

When I first met Stick and we exchanged numbers, we relegated each other to forty-something on the cell phone speed-dial list. It eventually came up that one and two in the phone book of Stick are his ex-girlfriend’s cell and … Continue reading

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