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Word of the Day Telephone: Whelked

Whelked . Ridged like the shell of a snail: a whelked horn. Well kept. Rigged like the bell of a sail: a welcome form. Whelp'd. Ripped, like the yell of a wail: a yelp-mourn. Elk'd. Wrecked, like the fell of a male: an elk, torn. Held. Abridged like the swell of a tale or a bell cairn. *Dictionary.com word of the day May 24, 2020 Whelk Cairn

Driving During Quarantine / Friend Zone 2007

Driving during quarantine is like driving with a learner's permit or on breaks from college, exceeding the speed of walking, running, cycling - It shares in common with cycling and flying in dreams the big push, the lift - The road is a canvas that I keep to one side of. I could be pulled over for having more fun.                      * A September Saturday I took my sister's car and drove us north for no reason I could think of, except to go fast and straight. The road was straight and there were few cars. We passed farmhouses, tractors, the warehouse lawn littered with pools. I played you my CDs - You liked Crosby, Stills, & Nash. We stopped when we reached water: Lake Ontario and on the other side Canada. Wind and erosion carved me up in the way I wanted. For three years I made you copilot in my flights of fancy. I never promoted you.   Chimney Bluffs State Park with view of...