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Nov
27

Dead Letter Department #77

weather report Winter is here: frost on the car in the morning, steaming off the roofs when the sun hits
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Nov
14

Dead Letter Department #76

weather report There’s a high cold fog this morning, hanging above the tall cedars in my neighbor’s yard,
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Nov
06

Dead Letter Department #75

weather report The first album I ever bought for myself was Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman, on tape, out
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Nov
01

Dead Letter Department #74

weather report A full moon accompanied me the whole long drive back up I-5 Sunday morning, all five hours of
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Oct
17

Dead Letter Department #73

weather report The basil on my windowsill is growing increasingly leggy & strained-looking, and yesterday morning was what felt like
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Oct
10

Secret Dead Letter Department #12

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Oct
02

Dead Letter Department #72

weather report The sewer system on my house (she turned 100 a couple years ago) began to sputter and complain
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Sep
18

Dead Letter Department #71

weather report My friend & I used to joke about cart rage at Trader Joe’s—similar to road rage,
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Sep
04

Dead Letter Department #70

weather report The smoke’s gone for now, but while it was here, hanging low over everything, it suffocated what
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Aug
14

Dead Letter Department #69 (nice)

weather report We’re about to slide on into heat wave, starting today, but the weekend was perfect: warm enough
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