A Convergence in Wintertime
Knifepoint Horror
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I Can't. This Is Not How an Adult Approaches Life
"This is not why my mother comforted me when I was sick or crying out to be warmed," she says. "I could lie here 40 years later on this Ikea sofa near our granite countertops with my hands shaking and my face red like my blood pressure is out of control." In Chancellor County there's a huge belt of rural poverty that's just really heartbreaking, he writes. To the west of that, curving up the coast, you start to see the real wealth: summer tourists and fancy folks who live right on Iona Beach. The soil in the braid is so soft that nothing can be built; it's just the way the geology is.
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