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The Smoke from Burning Bridges (Jennifer Compton)

(Edited by Kathryn Hummel) What did he do after he had pressed his ultimate Send at 1-49 am? Weep, pray, rant? Reach for a bottle? Rush into the street? Lie …

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i am the most fortunate person on this earth (Jennifer Compton)

it is silent my open door lets in a cool pre-dawn breath my husband is asleep everyone to the north south east and west of me is asleep i love …

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Famous for Asparagus (Jennifer Compton)

I had heard a great deal about the Koo Wee Rup pub, what with one thing and another, so, while I was staying with them, the daughter and her bf …

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The House of Wives (Jennifer Compton)

  1. Ah – he said. Camogli. Casa delle mogli. The house of wives. Because their husbands were fishermen and so always at sea. . Or it can mean houses …

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Peaches (Jennifer Compton)

  Now you are making me laugh and remember. We had a peach tree next to our septic tank. Over the years the tree had dug its roots well and …

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      • Heightened Talk
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