Tag Archives: Brooklyn

We the Couch Sleepers.

  Total of five legs in this picture.    Yesterday afternoon, the Madre y Padre de Jake drove their little green car from that thin stip of beach in Southern Maryland all the way to Brooklyn, or Mad Max Town … Continue reading

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Garbage World

I am drinking coffee with my back to the window; the day gets me through the screen and outside it feels green, lush, sunny, worthwhile, but I need to push through this last bit of work before it is summer … Continue reading

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Olive in the background, eating flies.

I have just arrived home, my glass is full, and the sun is setting through the new leaves outside. There are only thirty more days that I will watch the light fade from these rooftops and walls. Tomorrow is my … Continue reading

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Counting Cars

Everything is coming up circles, these days. Hurtling toward Huntingdon late last week, late into the night, our headlights found roadside bushes, saw the gentle slope of grassy fields, the panels of weathered houses, too late for any lights to … Continue reading

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Statement of Purpose

I am in the midst of a lengthy process. I am realizing that I will likely be in this process until I die. (Either prematurely or because the career path I have chosen is rife with instabilities and temporary employment.) … Continue reading

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A Cat Named Maus Turns Four!

You all remember Maus.   Well, we here at welltailoredsuit are very pleased to wish her a happy fourth birthday! It is my great pleasure to read the blog of her human, Clair, on the regular (Finding Clairity) and from … Continue reading

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14th Day

It is many things. It is the sixth anniversary of my friendship with Quinn– on February 14, 2007 he shouted at my friend Cecil as she and I waded through the crowded Juniata College cafeteria, “HEY NICE SHIRT” and I … Continue reading

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Spooky Meow

Our little apartment (our room, really) is so dark, painted in greys this morning, smelling of coffee and sounding of the rain at the window and the heater steaming and hissing beneath it. It seems always to be the days … Continue reading

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Inside from the Wind and Weather

Yesterday, last night, it snowed.     Today the sun is boisterous and the snow stands as evidence as the sky having been filled with air that is wet. (I am pursuing a career in Science.) To celebrate these auspicious … Continue reading

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Ice Box

I am inside, but outside the sun is abundant and clean and is showing all of Brooklyn without prejudice. If there were leaves on the big tree that grows beside the window, I’d almost believe that it was the sort of … Continue reading

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