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on August 22, 2024

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Forever

Nobody lives forever. Everybody lives forever. You're right either way. -- doug smith

Have you ever thrown anything away and then regretted it? Gone Box i filled a dumpster no i filled a dumpster two times and another dumpster, too i didn't have permission and they weren't my dumpsters but it was always at night and i wanted some things out of my life foolishly books. paintings. collages. tools. and one really big relationship deeper than any box gone a box filled with memories set afire. and no matter how much i dream i cannot retrieve that box. -- douglas brent smith

Cavalier Club at Large

Cavalier Club at Large -- collage by douglas brent smith, 1995 From Journal #30, Operation Fresh Start, 1995. NOTES: I've owned (or co-owned) four Chevy Cavaliers and loved every single one. I've loved them so much that I even contemplated forming a Cavalier Club -- or maybe finding one that already existed. Such charming little cars. Basic, the last one I owned had wind-up windows. Fun to drive, a bit sporty without being too fast (can a car be too fast?). My favorite was a blue 1987 station wagon version of a Cavalier. It had an old, permanent smell that was not at all unpleasant. I loved that car and commuting to work in Trevose in that car and it was named Bluebird. Sometimes I would sit in Bluebird and eat my lunch in the parking lot of UFLIC on Street Road. I was recently in that parking lot again for a gig with CareerTrack and another for the college but I barely recognized the building or the lot because they had changed so much. Still, the vibes were good. I ...

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