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Author: Shawshank

I’m just a 40-something bearded guy trying to get a fresh start.
Lockup Library

The creaking of the boards on the weathered bow

Shawshank, August 21, 2020

Tiny town is a weird place. At noon every day, an air raid siren goes off. It’s to tell everyone to close up shop for either a half or a full hour to take lunch. I’ve now learned when I go to the post office after lunch, I’m picking up…

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Life

Shatter with words impossible to follow

Shawshank, August 21, 2020

Good morning, happy Friday. If you’re reading this, y’all made it. It’s almost the weekend. Quiet start to the day here at Shady Acres. Bread is being made. Another couple of hours, and we’ll be heading into SlightlyBiggerTown to get my mom’s meds. And since it’s Friday, I should have…

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Lockup Library

By Foucault’s Pendulum, now you’re hanged

Shawshank, August 21, 2020August 19, 2020

Guess what kids? It’s the for another book review! I’m trying to do them I’m the order that Crystal sent them to me (and in the order I read them in). So next up on the reading list is “Foucaults Pendulum” by Umberto Eco. And if you really like mystery,…

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Life

And the music there it was hauntingly familiar

Shawshank, August 20, 2020

Finally, I woke up and no one else was awake. For 15 minutes. But it was a nice and quiet 15 minutes. I managed to brew some coffee, and get most of the first cup in me, before conversation started. So today was the day that we were supposed to…

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It’s getting hot in here

Shawshank, August 19, 2020August 19, 2020

Yeah, it’s warm. It’s 99f or 37c here. It’s warm enough that I can’t concentrate on reading because the book is sticking to me, and I’m sticking to it. My mom is considering putting the cats out in the trailer, where she can turn on the AC. She asked me…

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Playing with the queen of hearts

Shawshank, August 19, 2020

It’s morning here again. It’s gone up 3 degrees in an hour, and is supposed to be as hot as it was yesterday. I slept on top of my blankets all night, and was very comfortable for the evening. I didn’t even need to put a t-shirt on, just a…

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On This Day

  • 12 months ago...
    • Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
  • 2 years ago...
    • I see you drivin, sportscar, aint hittin the throttle and I be down, and do a hundred, top down and goggles
  • 3 years ago...
    • Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do ‘cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
  • 4 years ago...
    • Everything is bleak, it’s the middle of the night
  • 5 years ago...
    • I was lying on the grass on Sunday morning of last week
      Indulging in my self-defeat

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