His Subtle Speech

A gentle nudge at the fork of the road

Boxing Out

A Note

The Spitter

Spare the frogs but not the scorpions

The Island

Where I’m from

The Eloquent Silence of It

Sometimes you don’t need to fill the gaps

His Listening

A celebration of a rare and extraordinary thing

The Bulletin Board of Your Head

Who has a ponytail at 70?

Crush

The way she flowed into that bus

Cinnabar

In praise of the One O’Clock Fox

Friday Morning Pop Quiz

(There will be no extra credit)

In Queens

Who needs a madeleine when you have cannelloni?

Parsing the Paper

Try divvying up a smartphone on Sunday morning

Chessay

Seeing into the soul in front of you

The Sunday Afternoon Nap

A most pleasant subsidence

Eínai Enas Fto̱chós Podosfairistí̱s

Keep the ball out of the net, and deck someone if you need to

Milking a Cow

Claws and udders in action

The Long Winter

If you want a thaw, go west, young man

The Kid Brother

Consider yourself lucky if you have one

My Tax Questionnaire

Honesty always appreciated

This Is Russia

Where the wine is sweet but the writers are wise

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