List: All The Things She Says | Curated by Peter J. Stavros

Dec 14, 2023
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All The Things She Says
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Gingerbread Man“I used to like the holidays,” Sadie says between sips of peppermint hot chocolate at the new coffee shop that just opened up down the…
Dec 13, 2023
Dec 13, 2023
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The Water“I just need to be by the water,” Sadie says as we sit out on the patio, after dinner and our evening walk, watching the burnt orange sun…
Nov 13, 2023
Nov 13, 2023
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Dead Rock StarsSadie puts a bottle of white wine in the fridge before she goes out for a long run. She figures that if the run doesn’t help purge her of…
Aug 1, 2023
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Aug 1, 2023
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Derby Hat“I’m just not fancy like that. Do you wish I was fancy like that?”
May 6, 2023
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Skyscrapers“Do you ever wonder how you’re gonna live?” Sadie asks me, apropos of nothing, at least nothing as far as I can tell though Sadie’s mind…
Apr 18, 2023
Apr 18, 2023
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RoommatesSadie says we’re roommates. She says she loves me, and it’s fine otherwise, but that we’re just two people living together — we share a…
Mar 3, 2023
Mar 3, 2023
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PostcardSadie keeps a postcard of Key West on her desk, propped against her computer, among her Post-it Note reminders, and a dog-eared copy of the…
Jan 27, 2023
Jan 27, 2023
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AnniversaryElvis in the parking lot of that sad motel in Pigeon Forge draped a pink nylon scarf over your neck and kissed you on the lips when we…
Jan 26, 2020
Jan 26, 2020
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Valentine’s Day“Everything is dead and gray and frozen,” Sadie says to me as we take a walk, down the street, to that little park at the edge of our…
Feb 14, 2022
Feb 14, 2022
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Snow DayI’m not ready for this goddamn weather, as I sit in traffic, the expressway a parking lot, first snowfall of the year, a couple inches at…
Jan 30, 2019
Jan 30, 2019
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Sad Bar“Our ship will come in soon,” Sadie says as she sips her Bloody Mary through a plastic straw. “Mark my words — I can see it on the…
Dec 21, 2020
Dec 21, 2020