October 2011

The Last Jolly Rancher

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Richard was a fan of Jolly Ranchers. In case you don’t know,  Jolly Ranchers are rectangular blocks of fruit flavored hard candy. Each Jolly Rancher comes individually wrapped in cellophane wrappers. He had lots of them in his apartment. There were a couple of containers of them on his desk. There was a cup full on an [...]

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Back To Court

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I’ve recently been trying to close Richard’s checking account. I know I should have done this a long time ago, but you just can’t rush some things. I would have just kept on waiting but Chase forced me into it because they started charging a “service fee” on the account. In a couple of more [...]

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Unfinished Business

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Today I’m exhausted. I’ve begun the process of taking care of all my unfinished Richard business. It’s a pretty impressive to-do list. There are just so many little things that need to be done, so many loose ends that need tying. In the early days after Richard’s death I had a lot of energy to [...]

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