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Editing
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Editing

La Redacción was a Cuban newspaper during the Bautista era. In 2017, it was just a gov’t-owned restaurant/bar. Hate to think of it now.

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Night Logging
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Night Logging

Once, along 101, I saw a green Log Truck upside-down in a ditch. Nobody alive was there.

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Why Write?
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Why Write?

What’s an ending without a little discomfort on the journey?

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Work
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Work

Artists tryna get their groove don’t wear nu shooz

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Books
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Books

Read it or don’t, but REMEMBER

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Yakityak
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Yakityak

Tip-top, very hip coffee stop, Yachats, Oregon

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