Abscess
A small abscess on the flank of the old country dog came to a head yesterday, big and white, the flesh around it purplish red. We noticed, passing through the […]
Category Archives: animals
Abreast
The weasels lined up, five abreast, in a file five deep. Old Granny Badger cast her eyes over them from the long fuzzy spire of her snout. “Gentlemen,” she croaked, […]
Abradant
The shark’s skin was smooth from gill to tail. When he dragged his palm towards the massive head, the dermal denticles, minute teeth that formed the aft edges of the […]
Above
There is, above you, a slowly turning diadem. Don’t look up. It has come from a place once referred to in its native tongue as the bootleg ballet of the […]
Aboutship
Near the northern tip of Catalina Island we faced a sudden gust of unseasonable wind. It came on heavily for so early in spring, so we tacked within sight of […]
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