Word count 495 Before the main event, here are the runner ups – The physical: Climbing the least interesting fourteener in Colorado Completing four Portland Marathons (notice finished, not run) Bench pressed more than my weight The intellectual: Ph.D. in mathematics (possibly the … Continue reading Credit Where Credit Due
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Funerunreal
What is real? Word count 480 Last week I was at Duke Hanley’s funeral. It was an open casket affair as his wife had requested. I wandered around seemingly at random and eavesdropped on mourners’ comments. A few people looked at me like they wondered … Continue reading Funerunreal