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Making Space for New Passengers

Posted on April 19, 2025 by

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It’s amazing how little time it takes for the crazy to become normal. You can be having a completely normal life and then, boom, stuff starts happening. The right rear burner on your stove quits working. The front door only locks from the inside.… Continue Reading “Making Space for New Passengers”

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Lovely Enough

Posted on August 3, 2018 by

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After I put the paint away and finish cleaning my brushes, I see the spots I missed. They emerge like tiny arid ponds on the unblemished wall. A white dot here, a thin white line there, giving lie to the imagined perfection of my… Continue Reading “Lovely Enough”

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Making Space for New Passengers

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

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It’s amazing how little time it takes for the crazy to become normal. You can be having a completely normal life and then, boom, stuff starts happening. The right rear burner on your stove quits working. The front door only locks from the inside.… Continue Reading “Making Space for New Passengers”

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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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