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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.

vacant lot

Another building falls to demolition. (#947) Continue reading

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cat-action

Okay, so I play with our cat; or maybe she plays with me—or she plays me . . . (#946) Continue reading

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familiar machine

We become accustomed to subtle changes in our appliances until they become monsters. (#945) Continue reading

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