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Journal: Inspiration
Four minutes, seven minutes; I’m still making my coffee the way my dad taught me. Remove water just before boiling; pour over coffee and stir. Wait four minutes. Stir again, but only gentle whipping up the crust that forms on the top. Stop when you’ve made a golden brown crema. Wait seven minutes. I’m waiting…
Journal: Ladybugs
I’m getting used to the taste of ladybugs. They’re not really ladybugs, everyone says, but Asian Lady beetles. It’s the same every summer, when the days get warmer and the bugs appear, a firework of springtime fornication. Every year the beetles multiply, and they do it in our house. It starts in the warmer places—…
January Beauty
A diary entry for Midwestern blues
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- Journal: Ladybugs
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