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Tag Archives: Ruby

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

Today’s projections

I don’t think Django likes people parking out front and then walking to the train. Something about the way they shut their doors. A big slam though it’s early morning. But for them it’s halfway through the journey, it’s been morning for hours. They pull in quickly, slam the door, and walk briskly away, street […]

Posted byMTJuly 13, 2012July 21, 2015Posted inStory projectTags: Chris, Django, frogs, neighborhood, Ruby2 Comments on Today’s projections

Mrs. Libman disposes

No story today, but there’s this: Yesterday I got on my bike and rode out to the highway, not sure where I was headed. I rode up M-22 a mile or two, terrified the few times a car passed. There’s a good shoulder but I was still convinced I was invisible. I saw a sign […]

Posted byMTSeptember 3, 2011July 21, 2015Posted inStory projectTags: biking, Ruby, travel1 Comment on Mrs. Libman disposes

The comforts of not being home

Today on our way up the lake coast, we ran into Frank and Fern at Ray’s drive in. They were sitting at a picnic table outside. They said we’d just missed Ruby and Roy, who’d already gone on. As we sat and ate our perch sandwiches (best in town), they said most years they run into […]

Posted byMTAugust 29, 2011July 21, 2015Posted inStory projectTags: Dave, friends, Lake Michigan, Ruby, travel2 Comments on The comforts of not being home

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