Thursday, November 28, 2013

Happy Holidays


James Joyce, Araby

I read this short story every holiday season. It's magic is in its simplicity - the youthful vigor for life on those cold and quiet wintry evenings. It takes me back to those days when the Millwood boys would meet in the snow-dusted front yards of the neighborhood and play until our cheeks were rosy and snot dripped from our noses; those wintry evenings when the rest of Millwood hibernated indoors, chimneytops puffed steam into the frozen air, and the cries of the coyotes echoed from the backwoods. 

- 41 days sober

1 comment:

  1. Jeopardy! 12/02/2013
    Category: California
    Clue: This spectacular coastal region just south of Monterey, Calif. is the title of a "Big" Jack Kerouac novel

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