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I loved exploring old farm houses in rural NC. A couple situations stand out. One, a friend picked up an old coffee can and shoved it in my face. There was a copperhead snake coiled up in it.
The other, finding volumes and volumes of LOOK magazine on the second floor of an abandoned colonial.
Later on in life I asked a farmer friend why there were so many still standing empty houses on farms. She told me it was because the expense of knocking them down wass prohibitive.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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