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Clouds each month in the Pacific Northwest

Clouds each month in the Pacific Northwest

Clouds, clouds, clouds Clouds always had fascinated me.  In the Pacific Northwest, I can look up at the sky and one minute, and there are white puffy clouds. Next hour, the same sky is painted grey with gloom lingering.  Not all grey clouds are gloomy; some are...

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Conversation about coffee and its benefits

Conversation about coffee and its benefits

Two friends holding a conversation about their morning drink "How do you take your coffee?" asked my friend "Hot," I said. "Very hot," "So hot that I can’t drink it immediately," If you have to wait to drink it, then why do you take it hot?" "It’s a morning ritual...

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The chair is occupied

The chair is occupied

An old chair and almost a new one I am not sure what it is about old chairs, that makes me want to approach it and take a second look at it.  Maybe because I want to know who was the person who sat there before me and the one before them? This chair that I was gazing...

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The banana in the fruit basket

The banana in the fruit basket

A short prose about the banana in the fruit basket The banana in the fruit basket is not as ripe as she wants it to be. She likes her banana just ripe. She told him that she would give it a couple more days before she checked back on the banana. He told her that he...

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Distant neighbors

Distant neighbors

The drive home It was a pleasant drive home, Sometimes I see the sky blue, Other times grey, Other times a garden variety of shapes and colors, But this hour of the day, I see a fluffy pink arch, A grey cloud with a silver lining, And a silent crescent moon,...

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