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Ringo’s Guide to Having a Good Day
Ringo’s Big Adventure (Last Chapter Maybe?) Ringo’s Guide to Having a Good Day by Dallas Doctor First, he opens one eye, then the other, then both eyes wide, to check and see if the day’s really beginning. And Read More …
What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do
Ringo’s Big Adventure Chapter (don’t know yet) What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do by Dallas Doctor Oh, it was a rookie mistake, to be sure, but I had an excuse: Ringo’s far too sensitive Read More …
How Many Roads?
From “World Without Love ~ A Collection of Short Stories that Together Tell a Story (page 71): How Many Roads? (May 1967) I started it. “I think we should take Blowin’ in the Wind off the setlist.” “But it’s Bob Read More …
Jardin du Luxembourg
Ringo’s Big Adventure Chapter 4 Jardin du Luxembourg by Dallas Doctor Ringo loves the Jardin du Luxembourg. It’s a safe space where he can enjoy the Parisian air without worrying about traffic and awnings (Ringo hates awnings; he’s convinced Read More …
The Next Loud Noise
Ringo’s Big Adventure Chapter 3 The Next Loud Noise by Dallas Doctor Paris is not the same as Key West. Paris is much noisier. And busier. There are people and cars and trucks and busses everywhere. There are loud Read More …
Les Quais de la Seine
Ringo’s Big Adventure Chapter 2 Les Quais de la Seine by Dallas Doctor Ringo’s favorite part of Paris is the quay across from Notre Dame on the left bank. That’s the only part of Paris where it’s both sort-a-safe Read More …
The Scary Staircase
Ringo’s Big Adventure Chapter 1 The Scary Staircase by Dallas Doctor There was a brown dog. And Ringo was his name. And just before his third birthday, Ringo did something not-very-many-big-dogs ever do. He got on an airplane and Read More …
Matt and Mel
From “World Without Love ~ A Collection of Short Stories that Together Tell a Story (page 19): (1960) My sister was too young to play with. Besides, she was a girl. So I invented Matt and Mel. Lots of kids have imaginary Read More …
World Without Love
(Spring 1965) “Mom! Mom! Mom!” I pushed open the big oak door and ran down the hall shouting and stomping my feet and making as much noise as I possibly could. “I passed the audition! I passed the audition! Read More …
Tuesday, 20 April 1999
From god’s favorite band ~ a sisyphean novel: Chapter 11: Bad Monkey (pages 526-528) Tuesday, 20 April 1999 Sometime in the early afternoon or so, I’m not sure anymore what time, on the day everything changed, we pulled into a Read More …
