Stories tagged “kate”
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Kate Bush
Now the first time I heard her voice, I thought it was Cyndi Lauper—she is the Anti-Cyndi Lauper. Waking the Witch, Jig of Life, This Woman’s Work, all of these were beyond explainable. Her clear strong, alto-y voice is fantastic. Houdini i...
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No welcome in the barley
Katie had spent much of the morning in the field, walking up and down the tractor lines amid acre upon acre of swirling barley. The wind was light, so the song of the power lines was mute beneath their steady crackle. The barley usually calmed her, cal...
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One Way to Dodge a Ticket
While he sauntered to his cruiser sweat beads made slow racing tracks down my forehead. Reality, half-memory, fantasy, and the Dylan song on the radio blended together in a big anxious soup. Kate just picked at her cuticles and hummed along until the c...
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Next Level of Oh Crap
About the same time her hand jerked me downward by the front of my shirt a blinding light sheared off the roof of the car and half the windshield. Wide eyes stung by the oncoming wind I floored it, knuckles going white around the steering wheel. The ra...