Chaucer’s first 20 lines of Canterbury Tales tells us that: It’s spring. See all of the natural hallmarks of the coming spring. People like to travel religiously right now, to distant shores and shrines. In England, they travel to Canterbury. I’m in Southwerk at the Tabard Inn. Plot wise, that’s all those opening lines convey,Continue reading “Whan that Aprill…”
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Black Shoes
While we’re on the subject, I realized that my generational habit of keeping things you might need has a convex side. The other side of the coin collection. (Seriously, was I the only person told to collect state quarters as a child?) I also keep things that I never want to use. Do you haveContinue reading “Black Shoes”
Sonny, that sign is a sign!
Back in the second covid year, I worked at a little book store for no good reason. It was half an hour away and paid $7.25, so it cost almost as much to drive there as I earned, going in for 2 hours a day. But that is not the point. To get there duringContinue reading “Sonny, that sign is a sign!”
Sarah E. Kiser 