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Hand Me that Paintbrush

Posted on February 26, 2026 by

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I painted my kitchen cabinets a dozen times. Unscrewed the doors and put them on sawhorses in the backyard and painted them an even more time-choked green than they’d been painted before. And then I lined up the hinges and screwed everything back together.… Continue Reading “Hand Me that Paintbrush”

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It’s Not All about Genes: DIY

Posted on February 26, 2024 by

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I really thought at my age I would know how to do more things. My parents could do anything. My dad built a house, starting with getting a team of horses and some kind of shovel thing to dig out a basement. That is… Continue Reading “It’s Not All about Genes: DIY”

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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