Tagged: dying

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Exponent II Classics: Hardy Mums

Mommy Mum and Baby Mum Originally uploaded by Sister72 A friendly reminder that Exponent II magazine subscriptions are up and running.  If you enjoy this classic, you won’t want to miss our upcoming Winter...

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Grape Hyacinth

Small blue bottle on a shelf in the kitchen holds one grape hyacinth I plucked from a neighbor’s lawn. Each day I watch the tiny thing die. This is what I do when I...

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Guest Post: Patrician

My mom wrote this essay in 1988, a few months after her grandmother, Juna Tye Peterson died.  The painting, Juna Tye Peterson mopping the kitchen floor at 342 W Vernon, was painted by by...

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Mortality

Watch your husband. If you are lucky—should he die in your presence—scoop him up and shovel him into the cellar; give him the kiss of half-life to keep his circulation going; stick a needle...

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Catalina Island

This is a prose piece I wrote six years ago about a brush with death. There is also a corresponding poem, written three years after the incident, which I posted a while back on...