Visiting a strange dilapidated antique store where it was raining inside, and whose owner had a vice-like handshake. There were canned goods everywhere, too. <\/p>\n
Seeing a relief wood carving of a beaver from 1973 that cost $12.<\/p>\n
Drinking an excellent homemade plumb brandy with a cheeky description of its provenance on the back label.<\/p>\n
Attending a winter solstice party where most people in attendance believed in God.<\/p>\n
Scoring dozens and dozens of colored and decorated enveloped from the 1970s for a buck.<\/p>\n
An espresso from Earl’s Coffee Shop.<\/p>\n
Meeting someone on a mountain.<\/p>\n
Watching a John Garfield film.<\/p>\n
Drinking a creamy porter in an ocean of Bud Light.<\/p>\n
Listening to quail soft shoe on the roof.<\/p>\n
Shaving without bleeding (too much).<\/p>\n
Walking in rain.<\/p>\n
More letters from an incarcerated soul with tremendous promise. <\/p>\n
Holding out an offer of rapprochement to someone dear to me.<\/p>\n
Reading a Western and delighting in its sheer artifice and lack of affectation. An interesting combination that only a good Western provides.<\/p>\n
Reading a poetry chapbook from a friend that contained a wonderful poem about Ken Kesey.<\/p>\n
Hearing a story from an OTA woman who used a pink angora sweater as \u201cbait.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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