Old Men

by Niel Donnelly Some tailored, haircut neat, most unkempt, forward bent, on the beach or on the street. Ah, those letters never sent.... * You leaned across the table with comfort words to me, a day you made me able ...
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Brain, inc.

by Kevin T McEneaney Your brain remains an obscure paradox: a huge filing cabinet of pictures, a lightning move in improvised chess game, an insouciant stroll in Spring downpour, a large warehouse of lost inventory, a bicycle race on a ...
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Nightlife wonders

by Kevin T McEneaney Some insects are more active during night. There is as much pollination at night as compared to during daylight hours. * Nocturnal moths comprise the greatest flights. Beetles, crickets, thrips, mating fireflies, and cicadas operate during ...
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Ten commandments of the kitchen

by Kevin T McEneaney When in doubt consult a cookbook, but do not be a fundamentalist.Remember salt is your best friend, yet an overly generous amount will undo your friendship.Never leave the kitchen unless you must make a quick foray ...
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Creation

by Kevin T McEneaney A single eukaryote began the worldby eating bacteria, divided,started the process of evolution. * How that happened we do not know at all,but that is how the Tree of Life burgeonedand how the Tree of Life ...
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Birth

by Kevin T McEneaney Earth endured a marriage made in heavenwhen protoplanet Theia collidedwith earth shortly after the earth was bornabout 4.5 billion years ago.Wandering Theia was the size of Marsand the consummation of their marriageproduced the offspring we now ...
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A Little Poison

by William Keller A red eft crosses the rail trail, slowly,gravel big as boulders to his elbowedlegs. When I approach, he freezes –not camouflaged, but bright as an autumnleaf, gold eye-rings sparkling. He knowsthere are bigger, sharp-toothed things in thesewoods, but he’s confident they won’t eathim, despite ...
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How it is

by Kevin T McEneaney The known laws of nature did not exist until the Big Bang exploded in light and darkness, which has greater gravity. There are unusual structures out there like the Great Ring and the Great Arc of ...
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Root-swelling

by Kevin T McEneaney The syntax of spring has sprung its magic while tongue can sing its glad astonishment at bulbs bursting into varied color when slight showers bead yellow daffodils dancing in shifting, blustery, cross-winds that are the hallmarks ...

Dandelions

by Neil Donnelly “Let us leave pretty women to men without Imagination” – Marcel Proust a tree, a sunset, sunrise; baby’s gurgle, a goalkeeper’s diving penalty save, a waterfall, singing blackbird on a chimney top, a young woman’s walk, and ...
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