Monthly Archives: January 2003

I can’t get my head wrapped around the writing

Posted on January 28, 2003 by Marchbanks

Possibly it’s because I’m not sitting here and staring at a manuscript ALL DAY LONG until I goddamn well WRITE something just so I don’t have to stare any more. Continue reading →

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Unpleasant ways to get to work

Posted on January 27, 2003 by Marchbanks

All any of us could do was to “Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!”, as The Cat in the Hat put it. Continue reading →

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Taking stock

Posted on January 26, 2003 by Marchbanks

All the house smells of the thick vegetable stock I’m making up this afternoon. Continue reading →

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Goodbye to Clandestine

Posted on January 26, 2003 by Marchbanks

After ten years together, six of them as a serious touring band, they’re quitting and going their several ways. Continue reading →

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Hey little girl . . . wanna survey my neighborhood?

Posted on January 25, 2003 by Marchbanks

The survey will be used to create an animal called a Neighborhood Conservation Combining District. Continue reading →

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. . . nor any drop to drink

Posted on January 22, 2003 by Marchbanks

Somebody from the city’s water and wastewater department came by and banged on the front door to notify us that water on our block would be cut off at five this afternoon, to let them do work on a storm sewer project. Continue reading →

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