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Koan # 10: Meeting Hummer
Koan # 10: Meeting Hummer
There was a dog everybody called Hummer who nobody owned but who’d been living on the family land for… Well, nobody could remember how…
Russell Hehn
Jun 16, 2021
Koan #9: The Pictures Above Auntie’s TV
Koan #9: The Pictures Above Auntie’s TV
In the corner of Auntie’s living room was an ancient TV on a rickety stand. There was a bookshelf behind it, floor to ceiling, about four…
Russell Hehn
May 9, 2021
Koan #8: Not Down the Drain
Koan #8: Not Down the Drain
Auntie tasked Cousin Spud and Cousin Bo with doing the dishes in her tiny green kitchen’s tiny silver sink. She’d taken a couple Tylenol…
Russell Hehn
May 2, 2021
Koan #7: Third Eye, Third Nostril
Koan #7: Third Eye, Third Nostril
Cousin Spud’s momma disappeared down to New Orleans for a couple weeks to hang out and do god-knows-what with her friend Wanda who wore…
Russell Hehn
Mar 9, 2021
Koan #6: Chicken
Koan #6: Chicken
Cousin Spud and Cousin Bo were sitting on Auntie’s porch eating peanut butter sandwiches.
Russell Hehn
Feb 9, 2021
Koan #5: Mind Control
Koan #5: Mind Control
Cousin Spud was reading through a stack of old West Coast Avengers comics he found out in the laundry shed behind Auntie’s. In the back of…
Russell Hehn
Feb 4, 2021
Koan #4: Ant Home
Koan #4: Ant Home
One summer, Cousin Spud helped Perry Lynn raise a hay barn up the hill from his pond to keep square bales in. Perry Lynn borrowed an old…
Russell Hehn
Feb 1, 2021
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