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Jan 5Liked by Norman T. Leonard

"We went upstairs. Sister Lightning sat at the base of our fireplace and looked up toward the ceiling."

It' clear that Sister Lightning was directing the action.

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Yup. As usual.

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Jan 2Liked by Norman T. Leonard

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". . . sharing the memory" takes me to an Amanda Johnston remark about her bookshelves - or rather, the contents thereof: “It’s like what Lucille Clifton wrote: ‘they want me to remember / their memories / and i keep on remembering / mine.’”

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This takes me to chapter 6 of Light in August: "Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders." ;)

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Jan 2Liked by Norman T. Leonard

Hardly Faulknerian. A small boy climbs onto the roof of his home to spy on his neighbours, thus happening to view a rat chase next door. Funny today, but in local parlance then he was "macquereau" - peeping Tom.

Time combines into oddly confused history.

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Oddly Confused History -- that makes a helluva title.

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Like Joe Rogan who forgot about facts.

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Dec 31, 2023Liked by Norman T. Leonard

Reminds me of my next door neighbour's rat chase; eight big men found nothing better to do on an Old Year's day some 70 years ago.

Directed by my neighbour, six lined up with brooms and 2x4s along a probable flight path, while a seventh was deployed to stir a suspect woodpile. The eighth, my neighbour, having taken possession of a 5-foot long sugar cane stem, stood next to the putative pile stirrer.

The pile was stirred. . . again. . . again. . . A shadow sped across the ground. My neighbour fired the first shot, narrowly missing the stirrer!

The escape route prediction had been accurate. A rapidfire double triplet of 2x4s and brooms followed as the shadow fled past the final broom, squirmed under the fence, disappearing into my neighbour's neighbour's backyard.

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Ha! Putative Pile Stirrers -- that's a helluva name for a band. When the pile stirrers get the best of eight big men, it's comedy gold. Thanks for sharing the memory. :)

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Oct 16, 2023Liked by Norman T. Leonard

I see now that YOU are the reason our canyon is full of mosquitos!

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Guilty!

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Hilarious! 😂

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Thanks for reading!

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