Tag Archives: Ohio

3-Way

Posted on October 13, 2009 by

Cincinnati is known for many things. The Reds and the Bengals. Talk show host and former mayor  Jerry Springer. The WEBN fireworks.  Some television show that I never saw and was never actually filmed here. But the most Cincinnati-ish thing … Continue reading →

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Misheard Lyrics

Posted on September 15, 2009 by

My mother has a singular way with words.  An overeducated Appalachian, she tries to say intelligent things but just ends up butchering them.  Once she told me that my brother was a narcissus (she meant to say he was narcissistic).  … Continue reading →

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Rural

Posted on August 20, 2009 by

I am in love with the concrete jungle.  I am most at ease when surrounded by steel and glass, buildings rising up like mountains, 2am just as bright as noontime.  I am a pedestrian, happy to traverse on foot, happiest … Continue reading →

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On Moving

Posted on July 8, 2009 by

I’ve been moving all my life, and not in the metaphorical can’t stay still sense of the word, or even in the literal can’t stay still sense of the word, but in the other literal changing of domicile sense of … Continue reading →

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Tradition (Reprise)

Posted on May 26, 2009 by

“What are you doing for Labor Day?” I asked my friend last week. “Oh, uh, I don’t know,” she replied, perplexed as to why I was making plans three months in advance. I’d meant Memorial Day, of course. I always … Continue reading →

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