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Tag Archives: Horner Park

A very small Ted talk

I stood outside Other-Syd’s building, scanning the buzzers for her name. I had her Pyrex plate and a container of turducken soup. Django hadn’t figured out why we’d stopped and was tugging to sniff something on the parkway. Before I could ring the bell, a white-haired man came halfway out the door and smiled at […]

Posted byMTJanuary 8, 2013January 9, 2013Posted inStory projectTags: dog, Horner Park, neighborhood, Other-Syd1 Comment on A very small Ted talk

Luckiest guy in the world

I ran into Mr. Wu at the park. I used to avoid him, because he’d always tell me the same thing. “Three rules for a happy life. One, social interaction is most important.” I don’t remember the other two. Or maybe there were five. Anyway, it made me feel like he was just using me to […]

Posted byMTDecember 20, 2012December 20, 2012Posted inStory projectTags: dogs, Horner Park, World War II2 Comments on Luckiest guy in the world

Coming back

When we got back from vacation I realized Django is old. I’m afraid to say that because I don’t want to look like I’m projecting. I can’t help it. I’m turning 50 and she’s turning 12. I didn’t plan it that way, it’s just what happened. So coming back and hearing that all the warnings […]

Posted byMTSeptember 5, 2012July 21, 2015Posted inStory projectTags: birthdays, Dave, Django, Horner Park, Kelso and Karl, Michigan, Roy, Ruby, Tara3 Comments on Coming back

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