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Infinite Summer/Infinite Jest on-line reading event
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Robert McEvily Jun 5.

 

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Airport Citizen

Watch the moon rise over the tarmac, feeling very alone. Yawn and blink into the sunrise through smoked glass, coffee and diesel a heavy morning perfume.

Queue, shuffle; hurry, now. . . wait.

Faces and conversations are a swirling blur but location is a three letter code. Consider the daydreams carried through this place.

In the rush of being place-less yet always moving towards, origins are forgotten and only destinations matter.

Posted on July 8, 2009 at 7:04pm — 5 Comments

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The Dinner Guest, Part 2

The Scientist had just rather urgently ordered a bottle of wine and was willing his wife to reign in her disdain, shooting her death-looks, and silently pleading with her to please, please, please NOT offend the Dinner Guest, this esteemed colleague who was considering moving to town to work for the corporation and who just might be the kind of geeky, low key, well educated friend he'd not been able to find since college.

As the waiter scurried over with the bottle and the wine key, the Dinner… Continue

Posted on June 10, 2009 at 3:53pm — 2 Comments

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The Dinner Guest

It was Friday night in a trendy restaurant in a mid-size city and the place was packed elbow to elbow with trendy, mid-size people, and while initially a low hum kept the place pleasantly cozy, by eight the noise level had risen to a din.

The scientist was there with his wife and the dinner guest who was his colleague, but they had hit it off well and the scientist had hoped he and the dinner guest would become great friends seeing as they had so much in common and it was tough to find good, ne… Continue

Posted on June 5, 2009 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments

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An Early Start To Summer

The television advertisements for ice cream started the second week of May, right around the time that local writers started bragging about enjoying their home-grown tomatoes.

And sunscreen is now sold with an SPF as high as 100, which is great because you can't find a sun hat or a swimsuit, so you'll need the extra coverage.

Don't bother trying to find supplies for your swamp cooler over Memorial Day weekend because the hardware stores are already sold out.

The hot dog to bun ratio is alread… Continue

Posted on May 19, 2009 at 7:30pm — 8 Comments

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The Suitcase Girl Challenge: Travel and Leisure

"I'd like a ticket to New York please," she said, smiling worriedly at the ticket agent, "and, um, I know it will be hard to find a seat for me at such short notice, but I just got news of my grandma's death, you know, she'd been real sick for a long time, putting up such a good fight and, well. . . no one expected it today. . ."

She would ticket-through overseas once she reached the coast, finding this sympathy-gathering lie conveniently advantageous.

She picked the ladies' room nearest the t… Continue

Posted on April 30, 2009 at 3:30pm — 7 Comments

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A little late on commenting, but I love how this captures both the present moment and the anonymity of an airport. "...location is a three letter code" is wonderful.
September 20
This was well worth the read! Great story!
July 17
Mariah, What a beautiful perspective of an airport. I love this sentence. "Consider the daydreams carried through this place." Hmmm...I've always found airports intriguing, because airports have people, people intrigue me. But I've never considere...
July 9
you've been on the move haven't you - where are you??
July 9
Gosh , how relevant, and such busy places, but quite impersonal too.....
July 9
Mariah added a blog post
Watch the moon rise over the tarmac, feeling very alone. Yawn and blink into the sunrise through smoked glass, coffee and diesel a heavy morning perfume. Queue, shuffle; hurry, now. . . wait. Faces and conversations are a swirling blur but locat...
July 8
Fantastic finish! Women it seems are the true scientists of chemistry-
June 10
....hmmm..maybe wasn't best bud after all.. nice piece mariah..
June 10
Mariah added a blog post
The Scientist had just rather urgently ordered a bottle of wine and was willing his wife to reign in her disdain, shooting her death-looks, and silently pleading with her to please, please, please NOT offend the Dinner Guest, this esteemed colleag...
June 10
June 10
Oh yes, been at that table before and it wans't round. LOL
June 6
nice one! -
June 6
Too bad the noise level wasn't louder. I loved "trendy, mid-sized people" who had trouble making friends in middle age.
June 5
I think I had dinner at the next table.... Good one.
June 5
One of the all-time greats, by One of the All-Time Greats...
June 5
Mariah added a blog post
It was Friday night in a trendy restaurant in a mid-size city and the place was packed elbow to elbow with trendy, mid-size people, and while initially a low hum kept the place pleasantly cozy, by eight the noise level had risen to a din. The sci...
June 5

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At 6:08pm on May 28, 2009, Olive Rosehips said…
thank you for coming by my wall and saying nice stuff =) made me very happy.
At 4:48pm on April 28, 2009, Olive Rosehips said…
Hi FRIEND!
At 12:27pm on April 24, 2009, Jodi MacArthur said…
Your welcome, Mariah! Yes, I have a passion for writing, reading...everything that involves the art. I've been swamped this last month, but I'll see about putting up something here soon.

I'm glad you're enjoying the site. There's some great writers and hearts on here. I'm sure you've already discovered that. :)
At 11:01am on April 24, 2009, mike whitney said…
Thanks for your support! Mongo thumps chest, and throws another funny smelling bush on the cave fire.

At 10:36am on April 24, 2009, essygie said…
hey - hope I left the right impression in my comment yesterday - what I meant was that you took a risk, but it paid off; the story totally worked!
At 6:55pm on April 23, 2009, Peter Anton said…
Ah, yes, we both live in the San Tucson Fe neighborhood. How are things over there on the east side? :-) I have a friend from back in Wisconsin who has done some time in Santa Fe. Do you know Terry Strauss? He's a painter.

I'd like to see NM, but alas, I'm not much for traveling anymore. My biggest dream these days is to electrify my bicycle so I can see more scenery on my daily bike rides. I live in a travel trailer home, but it's putting down more roots every day. I'm not looking forward to the day when I have to move it. LOL
At 5:23pm on April 23, 2009, Michael Solender said…
bhutan is ALWAYS beautiful.. a phenomenal journey if you ever have the opportunity.. i think we may be from the same schetle perhaps... at any rate i'm so glad you found us and we you. enjoy the six and your new pals...
At 8:56pm on April 22, 2009, Erin Cole said…
Thanks for the your comments on my 6S - The Mockery of Fate! Much appreciated.
At 3:54pm on April 22, 2009, mike whitney said…
Thank you, Mariah! Your place is very warm and cheery.

You'll like it here, it's very..... fun.

At 3:00pm on April 22, 2009, Col Bury said…
Hiya Marian,
Ah, so it's not as simple as just submitting!
I suppose the Editor wants people as members first. Understandable.
Thanks for your kind words.
Regards,
Col
 
 

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