Tim Barrus Blog
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Tim Barrus: New York Times
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Men Do
Charleen lives down the dirt road from me. I will not dwell on trailer stereotypes. Charleen is poor. We read a lot about the poor poor. Charleen and her babies lived in the car that now sits at the side of the trailer in the thick nettle weeds.…
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Ichiko
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Tim Barrus: The New York Times
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Mark Kelly is glaringly obvious. But nothing is obvious when it comes to the democrats. Every now and then, they find the talent. But every now and then is just not good enough. I left the democrats. The republicans are outright nazis. I have always said the gay community is…
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sundancer
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sundancer
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The Smile
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The smile is disarming. We have lived with temper tantrums, theft (the boxes), the migrant kids, ripped from arms, and thrown in cages, the secret secret plans with Putin. The secret secret plans with Xi Jingping. The secret secret plans with Kim. Even his patriotic rout failed. His business failed.…
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something hard about the eyes
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Tim Barrus Xray Photography
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Tim Barrus: Dirt Bike Country
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The idea of place has always been a concern for me because I place place about as high as you can go into the archives on the furious hunt for bad grammer. Place has to be higher on the list because whatever your story is, it takes place in a…
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Never Leave Your House Without a Camera
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Tim Barrus Art
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Republicans Are Scum
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Civil. War. Americans love to hide behind the word civil. I live in the deep south. Appalachia. It is not that bad a place to live out a life. But there is this problem with the past. It gives people like me – the disabled – flashpoint moments where we…
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Tim Barrus: I Grow My Own Food
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I grow the food I eat. I linger over trout I caught that day. I can peaches, tomatoes, cucumbers, whatever grows as food around here. Bushel baskets of apples. Apple butter, goat milk, goat cheese, duck eggs, herbs, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, melons, pumpkins, black walnut bread, peach jam and…