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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.

silence

Except for a light upstairs the house was dark. His car still trembled after the four hour drive, and little boys’ breath was soft as their beating hearts as he gathered them gently, carried them in to his wife. The … Continue reading

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footprints

[Sorry about this; I have a bee in my bonnet about senseless pollution and disposable goods.] used to like the scent of gasoline on a warm summer day watch it slosh around as the guy rhythmically pumped it up into … Continue reading

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The Morale of Weather Forecasters

A depression settled over eastern, southern, northern, western, and central regions today as weather forecasters everywhere struck out for the umpteenth time this season and a bad hair day ensued. Toast was drippy coffee luke warm and unseasonally bitter. Socks … Continue reading

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