If you live to be 82 years old, you have around 30,000 days on Earth. However, how much free time on Earth do you get in those 30,000 days? If you subtract the seven hours of sleep the average person gets a night, you’re left with about 21,300 days of awake time. Now, subtract 30 hours […]
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It oozes out of every restaurant speaker like toxic sludge coated in tinsel, spreading its fraudulent corporate message. We’re all subject, against our will, to endure this imposed holiday cheer every year. It tests our patience. It’s the abrasive visiting relative you’re stuck with for the next few weeks who follows you everywhere and won’t
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Cold as a dry cube of ice sticking to my tongue, your eyes freeze me in suspended animation, the last vestige of a misbegotten effort.
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“What do you do in your private life when we’re not together?” Cody asked. “What kind of a question is that?” Don replied, glancing away. “I want to understand who you are in your private life, Don. Not the you I already know. The you in your secret alone-time. What do you think? What do
The sun crested the horizon and burned the mist from the water. Helen sat at her writing desk and stared out the window at the calm sea. She hadn’t missed her morning swim all summer, and she liked these conditions. She wanted to feel the cool salty water against her skin. She finished the letter
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She lay on her back next to the fire, covered in a patchwork of animal hides. Her leathery flesh, now barren of fat and muscle, would soon mingle with the earth that once nurtured her. She coughed, and her rattling breath delivered a misty offering to the indifferent stars. Childhood memories flashed through her thoughts,