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10 O'clock Scholar
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Mary Bok, at home in her kitchen.
Mary Bok lives in Camden.
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An image moment: One that grows from a sound
By Mary Bok - Jan 29“She’ll be comin’ round the mountain when she comes.” I hear the wind pressing the rain against the glass, and I shudder and push away the ...
King Allen
By Mary Bok - Oct 23It was bound to happen sooner or later. My dad bought that horse for me when I was 12. I figured that he just loved me that much, but I knew he ...
A dandelion
By Mary Bok - Aug 04A dandelion in full seed, ready to let go and let God into the warmth and moisture of this glorious day. A hundred or more seeds to each bloom, ...
Anna Hennen Jennings Carter, my father's grandmother
By Mary Bok - Jun 02What follows is the story of Anna Hennen Jennings Carter, my father's grandmother, as told to me by my aunt, Anne Proctor, who grew up spending ...
Rejoice
By Mary Bok - Apr 07In the mid-night, dark and dreary, Came the rain storm, mad and teary, Came the rain storm, wet and lonely, Leaving me awake and only ... Water ...
Major Chadwick
By Mary Bok - Dec 23This writing is to introduce you to Major Chadwick, once upon a time a neighbor of my daughter, Shannon, on Sea Street, here in Camden. Major ...
One Step at a Time
By Mary Bok - Sep 11Please note: The following story contains images and actions that are not necessarily true to life, as I have lived it. All of it did, however, ...
First funeral
By Mary Bok - Jul 07Oh my, the music in this place sounds so serious ... ponderous, even ... as it pushes out and away from the red velvety wall toward the other side ...
Breakfast with Grandmama
By Mary Bok - May 19It was my turn to carry Grandmama’s breakfast tray up to her room. And I knew I could do it, without spilling anything or dropping a dish or a ...
One pig's passing
By Mary Bok - Mar 08I should have known ... my dad wrote it right on the calendar that hung on the wall beside the telephone in the kitchen: "Sam comes to slaughter ...
