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Thai Mai Thai

June 1, 2020 – 7:18 pm

My family first came to Thailand in the 19th Century. Great Grand-Aunt Bert arrived in Bangkok on a clipper ship. Her father was the captain. The year was probably 1879, but on her 100th birthday she recounted seeing a city of golden temples surrounded by a jungle. “And all the women had black teeth from […]

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Laughing Fire

October 7, 2016 – 7:18 pm

She smiles like she just burned a mortgage-ridden house. insured to the hilt. Take that you filthy bankers. Burn Baby Burn.

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Firebomb Revenge

December 12, 2015 – 2:47 pm

On Saturday, November 28, 1942 the powerful Boston College football team played Holy Cross College at Fenway Park. In a great upset of that period, Holy Cross beat Boston College by a score of 55-12. College bowl game scouts had attended the game in order to offer the Eagles a bid to the 1943 Sugar […]

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Fire Fire Fire

January 30, 2014 – 11:32 am

It’s cold outside. 23F. Yesterday was even colder. 10F. I wish I had a fireplace. I dream of fires. Fires of any kind. They keep you warm in the cold. And afterward all that’s left is ashes in the winter wind.

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