Life In 100 Words

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Redneck Renaissance
My redneck college roommate, Ward, always had black fingernails from working on a pickup with tires taller than I am.
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An Overdue Apology
If you were in downtown Miami from 1985-88, I almost killed you.
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Caver Wanted
Wild caves haven’t been mapped or explored much.
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Feeling Strong
She wobbled in on shaky legs and pinned back her brown hair, which he described as “going gray.”
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All Rise
We trudged toward the block-shaped courthouse on a clammy, gray day.
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Go, Leonor!
At the meet and greet, the headmaster said excitedly that (Somebody I’ve never heard of) “is coming to speak next week!”
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Guy Talk
When I was a kid, my uncle would take me to a barber shop clouded in cigar smoke.
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Life In 100 Words
Life In 100 Words
Stories by Rudy Fernandez. Illustrations by Steve Speteris. I'll post one a week. Some of these stories happened, some I embellished, some I made up completely. All are true.
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