(noun) a small gift given a customer by a merchan…
The Maytrees
by
Annie Dillard
March 25, 2024 - March 26, 2024
(read, fiction)
Dillard, A. (2007). The Maytrees. Harper.
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lagniappe »
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hierophant »
a person, especially a priest in ancient Greece, …
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apostate »
a person who renounces a religious or political b…
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lucent »
(adjective) glowing with light; luminous / (adjec…
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autarkic »
the condition of self-sufficiency, especially eco…
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—Let’s pretend we’re old, Lou remembered saying b…
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The maple outside and his own face showed equally…
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—I wonder what women need from men that they do n…
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What gave adults the cheer to tolerate their hypo…
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One July morning, cold stirred Lou. The tide had …