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4 1/2 Days Till Christmas

  The echo of the ringing laughter still sounded in my head.  The parties were over, and I didn’t have a relaxed muscle in my body.  The wine in the bottle seemed to glitter under the soft haze from the Christmas candle on the counter-top.  I work the cork screw into the brown particulate matter.  [...]

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10 Days Before Christmas

    12.15.11 Wait… is it nine or eight now?   Do you ever wonder how the hell so many days can melt into the other?  The empty tipped liquor bottles tease menacingly in the early morning rays hiding hints of moments slipped by.  But, the computer whirs  with half written thoughts proving that it wasn’t all [...]

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Two Weeks Before Christmas: 12.11.11

  Two Weeks Until Christmas: 12.11.11 Sunday I awoke this morning with a vivid recollection of the perfect gift I needed to get everyone. I just had to invent it first.  But, the dream made it look so cool.  I actually giggled a little as I sat on the side of the bed yawning and [...]

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D.I.S.T.U.R.B.E.D.

    “Spell disturb.” d i s t u r b   “Is that right?” “Yes, honey, perfect. Now what does it mean?” “Umm… (he closes his eyes to visualize the page he just studied) …to make upset” he peeps.   I flip the pages to find the list of definitions.  “Yep, that’s what it [...]

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November

  Pumpkin Pie Crackles from the first fire Candles lit in every room Christmas card list under a magnet on the refrigerator door Children hiding the first glimmer of excitement as boxes of decorations line the hallway Thanksgiving dinner quickly eaten just to turn on the first of the Holiday shows Wine being poured to [...]