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All In All Is All We Are – iii

[First Draft, cont’d] “Everybody’s talking about where they’re going next year, after graduation.” Al had Jet in a headlock, the Golden loving every second of his master’s attention.             “And…” I said.             “And, I don’t know what I want yet. I … Continue reading

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All In All Is All We Are — ii

[First draft] It’s a job for him, this skiing. Every day around 8 he heads back to the garage on the alley and disappears in his yellow VW bus. He comes back at 4, 4:30. The routine is reassuring. He … Continue reading

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All In All Is All We Are — i

[First draft] It’s a job for him, this skiing. Every day around 8 he heads back to the garage on the alley and disappears in his yellow VW bus. He comes back at 4, 4:30. The routine is reassuring. He … Continue reading

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Salt Lake Stories – Chapter 1, Just Like Starting Over

[Final draft] “Let’s go back to that one in the Avenues,” Cheryl said to the burly real estate agent driving us around the Salt Lake valley. We’d been touring pleasant homes in Sugar House, built twenty to thirty years earlier soon … Continue reading

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