Backing Upstream

Backing Upstream

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“That’s Fine, Dude…I’m Not Mad at You…”
were Mom’s last words.
Jan 12 • Jim Coe
Family Origins, Disappearing Artifacts
What to do with all this stuff our parents passed to us?
Jan 2 • Jim Coe
Bituminous Stockings
(one verb each)
Dec 29, 2025 • Jim Coe
On Passivity
The air has not thawed
Dec 22, 2025 • Jim Coe
Yule
Now, at the return of light after the long, darkest night
Dec 21, 2025 • Jim Coe
Lester, December 1, 1978
He had been up on his walker
Dec 1, 2025 • Jim Coe
Winchester .44
Thanksgiving week was for butchering in Nicholas County,
Nov 24, 2025 • Jim Coe
Counting Jukeboxes
Once again Marty’s internal chronicle signals the approach of a “seasonal-affective-…” not disorder, but reminiscence.
Nov 13, 2025 • Jim Coe
Backing Upstream
Backing Upstream
Backing Upstream climbs the terrain to map the source, an origin.
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