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Full Moon Fever

June 14, 2014by SFine 6 Comments

Well, it’s been an interesting two days.  It wasn’t cancer after all, and something the surgeon was happy to remove in his office, giving me a good prognosis even without […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern, not horror, but still uncomfortable, reflections

The Bad Guy

January 15, 2014by SFine 5 Comments

I’m always the bad guy!, you’d scream, veins bulging at your temples plus the one in the middle of your forehead, the one that looked like a snake writhing just […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern, not horror, but still uncomfortable

Aw, Sheet!

November 17, 2013by SFine 7 Comments

Today I bought some ingredients to make a cake.  Not a box of cake mix, but actual ingredients. I’m not a scratch snob – I’m sure cake mix tastes fine […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern, reflections

I Can See Your iPod Playlist and I am Quietly Judging You

October 21, 2013by SFine 13 Comments

If you sit or stand next to me on the bus, in line at the grocery store, or at the gym, I will try to peek at your iPod playlist. […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern, reflections, the sporting life

The Best Time of Year

October 9, 2013by SFine Leave a comment

It’s that time of year again; for me, the best time.  The air has that ineffable quality, a  sort of crystal clarity that opens your chest and pins the flaps […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern

Tattoo You

May 8, 2013by SFine 12 Comments

When I was in my twenties  I wanted to get a tattoo.  Just something small, like a heart or a rose on my bikini line. “If you get a tattoo, […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern, reflections

Carrying the Weight of the World

April 15, 2013by SFine 9 Comments

“God, if I ever look like that, shoot me,” you said. We were sitting at the new S’barro’s at the mall, taking a break from shopping for a dress. You […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern, reflections

I Have My Mother’s Eyes

April 3, 2013by SFine 11 Comments

I always think about you on father’s day, how you didn’t get a chance to know your daddy.  He died when you were just eight.   Your few memories of him […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern, reflections

Cristobel of Tragicstan

April 1, 2013by SFine 6 Comments

She sits at the kitchen table drinking coffee and wishing for a cigarette.  It was a stupid wish, because she gave up smoking for the last time a month ago.  […]

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Bird's Eye View, flash, growing up midwestern, Short Fiction

Lovely, Dark and Deep: A Path Through Childhood

March 18, 2013by SFine 4 Comments

This is me, walking on the path that I used to walk to grade school every day – a small Catholic school in a small town in southern Illinois. The […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern, not horror, but still uncomfortable

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