Surviving a Thanksgiving Recession

Homemade scalloped potatoes are an ideal, inexpensive dish to carry from one’s oven to the home of another when invited to Thanksgiving dinner. These are times when many do not have enough cash to afford a good bottle of wine.
Although food markets offer instant varieties of dehydrated potato products that promise an artificial golden glob [...]

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Ode to Uncle Charlie

Charles Price died in his sleep on Halloween. His son Robbie discovered the peaceful corpse still watching television. The head, with spiraling long hair was resting peacefully upon soft pillows. Charles’s reading glasses were snug in place upon his humble nose, secured firmly behind enormous Price ears. His hands were crossed over his heart, as [...]

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The Rodney King Theory

Shawn L. Smith stole a television during the 1992 Rodney King riots. Smith, who had recently been released from prison, joined the angry masses in South Central LA and helped himself to a Samsung twenty-four inch on day two of the week long civil unrest.
During my interview with the ex-convict, Smith explained that he stole [...]

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If Con Ed Cuts Electricity– Leave This Note

Dear Con Edison Employee,
Please stop banging on my door while I’m not home and cut off my electricity! My cats are terrified by the constant hounding. We prefer the solitude of darkness to the convenience of the modern world.
Leave no more postcards with my name written for all to see– just hanging on the door [...]

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