Author Archives: riverwriter

About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.

splashing around

Posted on June 11, 2008 by riverwriter

Let’s be concise: Living in hospitals is like diving in swimming pools— the exit can be problematic. Sign above urinal: “Please do not throw things in urinal.” I did not see things in urinal worth throwing. Nor would I climb … Continue reading →

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On being mistaken for myself

Posted on June 10, 2008 by riverwriter

Photos never lie except when they must, with a minimum of mendacity, tell welting whoppers about how egregiously old the old codger has become. I have studied photos taken years ago that make me look youthful although I can recall … Continue reading →

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Not I

Posted on June 9, 2008 by riverwriter

It had to be somebody else— that picture they said was I; he was old and paunchy, looked like he should be chewing a cheroot in a rocker, cracking wise about the good old days on the porch out front … Continue reading →

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