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Philip Truman

Apr 15
3 min

Quarantine Blues, Episode 3

As soon as my daughter un-grounds me from this quarantine, I’m going to track down that pillow guy and make him eat one of his own produc...

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Philip Truman

Apr 11
3 min

Quarantine Blues, Episode 2

Day something-aught-something of the CLOVIS QUARANTINE. Got up later than usual but made up for it by not shaving. Might make this a regu...

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Philip Truman

Apr 11
3 min

Quarantine Blues, Episode 1

Day 600 of the COVID quarantine. Somewhere in there. I’ve lost track. My days all start the same: up at the crack of 9, eat a bagel, drin...

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Philip Truman

Jul 2, 2019
4 min

My Friend and Foe had Crossed the River

There were two soldiers, just boys: nineteen and seventeen. One carried a rifle for the 1st Missouri Brigade of the Confederacy, the othe...

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Philip Truman

Mar 29, 2019
4 min

Old Roads

When I was a young man I moved to the Ozarks with my young bride. Wonderful place, the Ozarks. Full of winding old roads flanked by deep w...

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