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with respirator
I feel like an alien
when working outside
-had to get some yardwork done in the midst of wildfire smoke
Month: September 2020
At long last, the next story in the Weird West “Seven Territories” series is out and available. Take that, pandemic and riots and wildfires!
In “Hexes and Dust,” a Union Army veteran returns home to seek revenge against the evil bastard who destroyed his life. Oh, and to stop the Evil Bastard from selling to the highest bidder Very Nasty magic drugs. And all of this happening at the saloon of the Sassy Woman who captured his heart.
It’s Ocean’s Eleven meets The Three Stooges in a magical Old West setting. With whiskey, fairies, and all manner of hexes.
If you like your fantasy served up in an alternate history glass with a splash of zombies and a dash of romance, check out “Hexes and Dust“.
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‘apocalyptic’
that, and ‘unprecedented’
—those words make me sigh
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ah, 2020
COVID, riots, wildfires
U.S. elections
the only good thing so far:
my newfound deep love for Rush
-This one is technically a tanka (5-7-5-7-7).
Take a listen/watch. If this doesn’t lift your spirits, try it again.
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“Could this year get worse?”
I try to stop her asking
because always: “yes”
-You would think people would know better than to tempt fate.
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at least there’s no talk
of yeast or bean shortages
or murder hornets
-This is me trying to look on the bright side of Impending Doom.
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too early for snow
tiny flakes of grey flit down
from sickly yellow skies
-The sky looks like a normal Oregon overcast day, except it isn’t. It’s all smoke with bits of ash raining down.
the burnt orange sky
campfire taste in the air
instinct begs me to run
-On driving down I-5 South from Portland, and into a steadily darker world of wildfire smoke during what should be daylight hours. Photo was taken at 3 p.m. Notice the streetlight on. The sky was slightly darker than this (cell phones are not true cameras). Coronavirus has nothing on wildfires.