Archive - Hotspvrre

Only at Glimmer’s Cafe

A smiling man topped by a straw hat hopped into my sightline as I unslung my backpack to sit down at Glimmer’s Cafe. From his opening apology for…

17 hrs ago •

The whole entire world says you’re wrong

That’s a childish grouping of words, “whole entire world,” but repeated by kids often enough to land in the lexicon. My lexicon, anyway. How are you…

Apr 7 •

March 2024

Paddy’s Day no call, no show

The nerve, not showing up, not calling into Paddy’s Day lunch today. We went. We punched our ticket. We’re in good standing. We hold our heads high. But…

Mar 17 •

Jane, stop this crazy thing

Just a ramble about writing to you guys

Mar 14 •

Sleepus interruptus

And the offense of punctuation

Mar 12 •

Obviously you don’t like cats

Can you remove or defeat a misapprehension someone holds about you? Say they think, because you’re allergic, you don’t like cats. So you scoop up their…

Mar 12 •

Some kids Kate taught

And what they taught her

Mar 4 •

February 2024

Mrs. Punch’s garage

Watching an old color filmstrip set on the George Washington Bridge tonight I was suddenly lifted straight off the screen, and not to New York C…

Feb 1 •

January 2024

People are leaving

Hey how are you? (Trying chatty mode because this post, begun a week ago, keeps falling from my lips and I can’t lift it without the prop that you and I…

Jan 26 •

Testing a speech ban

Hope the long fingers of big brother haven’t reached down here

Jan 25 •

Time to lock up, mister

Tales Told Out Of School, final chapter

Jan 11 •

8:50

Nothing to see here

Tales Told Out of School

Jan 5 •

3:16

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