proposed titles for daily stories

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The mentor

The wise mother and the unwise mother

The raccoons' cider festXXX

The late letter

The early warning

The midnight ride

The first light

Lunch with the giddy geographer

The unopened book

The broken bottle

The knife sharpener and the naan seller

The Last Chance collectivistas

The mended heart

The firefighter and the capoeirista

The mariachi and the hammer dulcimer

The pinstriper and the candystriper

The precinct

The grafted rose

Six ways to Sunday

The longing gaze

The hungry crown

The fairy princess and her white horse

The glass ball
The unhoped-for wish

The grateful spider

The delta of blues

The longan of mercy

Grandmother's noodles

The firey crown

The midnight visitor

Ghosts in a martian grocery store

The bowl of batter

The man I forgot

The last time she saw him

The end of the war

The frog wazir

Gratitude for what is not given

Am I?

After the farmer's market

Hell in a teacup

Water off a duck's back

The lost wallet

The found key

The phone number

The jar of preserves

Counting out
The eagle in the barrio

Bizcocho and coffee

The torn page

The book of secrets

The master's notebook

The branch line

Route Zero

Pineapple Express

The Pretty Big One

actually posted Nov. 1, 2006 -- backdated to make it more onscure