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Our Town – October 6, 2011
“Soupster, you can’t practice medicine in this state,” said Linda, scratching furiously at the bug bite on the outside of her right calf. “But I’ve only had one glass of wine,” protested the Soupster. “I mean in Alaska!” Linda said. The Soupster brought over a cold pack from his freezer, an elastic bandage and a tube of…
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Read MoreOur Town – April 21, 2011
The Soupster mistook for a friend the stranger to Our Town he saw occupying a bench above the harbor. “You look just like him,” the Soupster apologized, when he got closer. “This guy you look like has lived in Our Town forever.” “I’m Richard Labb,” said the stranger, shaking the Soupster’s hand. “Visiting, er, Your…
Read MoreWhole Soup – April 7, 2011
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Decorative tattoos for animals? the Soupster pondered as he walked on the Our Town downtown sidewalk. He had heard the identification tattoos that people put on their dogs and cats had blossomed into an art form. But the previous evening, he had witnessed the unseeable – a cat with the face of Celine Dion smiling…
Read MoreWhole Soup – March 24, 2011
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Read MoreOur Town – March 24, 2011
Who’s Who in Our Town?! “One thing I really like about living in Our Town,” Marci said, “is that after a while you start knowing the people you see and seeing the people you know. A hello here and a wave there makes the place feel like one big backyard.” “Yeah, but not everyone likes…
Read MoreWhole Soup – March 10, 2011
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Read MoreOur Town – March 10, 2011
“Great Caesar’s debit card!” said the Original Soupster, pushing away the computer keyboard, frustrated. “Fireweed scramble!” “Uncle,” said the Soupster. “Calm down. Just tell me what it is you’re trying to access.” “Access? What do you mean access?” said the Original Soupster. “Don’t give me that Greek plaster! Speak English!” The Soupster took a deep…
Read MoreWhole Soup – February 24, 2011
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Read MoreOur Town – February 24, 2011
“’This weather – ‘taint fit for man nor beast,” the Soupster said, sitting down with his friend Abigail in a cozy corner of the café. Outside, where it was 30 degrees, hail rained down at 75 degrees, bouncing a few inches off the parking lot asphalt and car roofs. “I went through at least four…
Read MoreWhole Soup – February 10, 2011
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Read MoreOur Town – February 10, 2011
Whenever the Soupster felt like an old timer, he’d run into someone like Gregor “GG” Gregorovich, whose mother descended from a long-time Our Town family. If there had been a Permanent Fund for the whole of GG’s life instead of just the last half of it, GG would have gotten his check every single year. He was born in his family’s house off Sawmill…
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