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Christian Bauman

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Writer you almost but don’t quite remember from 20 years ago. Novels: The Ice Beneath You, Voodoo Lounge, In Hoboken. Other: NPR/ATC commentaries; guitar slinger; soldier. NewHope, PA & WestCapeMay, NJ baumansbrain.com

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · Feb 24

My new mantra for the next four years: What Would Woody Guthrie Do?

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medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 1d

heard someone say this year has felt like being awake during a surgery and they’re not wrong

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 3d

I remember.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe it was the owner's daughter's birthday that morning and the owner -- a truly gifted baker -- made a two-layer chocolate cake with buttercream icing, but they're flying coach-class to Thailand in the afternoon so they left half that cake behind.

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 3d

So many Kings…

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 3d

Am I making this up, or was Lily King part of our original #sundaysentence community back on twitter? I feel like i’m not making that up.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 3d

Indeed

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 3d

Back to Graham Greene again for my #sundaysentence this week: "Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in the human situation."

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 3d

Oh man that looks good

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 5d

It is! Best pillow ever.

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 6d

!!!

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 6d

Cuties

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 6d

I’m talking like an expert here but in fact last time i ate puffballs was as a kid. Was a family hobby, mushrooms. The only wilds i’m comfortable IDing and eating these days are chanterelles (which are amazing)

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 7d

You don’t want puffballs when they’re in their explosive stage, of course. But when they’re still solid, slice em like a loaf of bread, egg bath em, and saute.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 7d

Ever eaten a puffball?

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 8d

For sure!

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 8d

Love it!

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 8d

Felt good to play it out last night. Usually just sits in the corner these days. But even an imperfect instrument can just feel right in your hands.

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 8d

Well, always with enthusiasm anyway :)

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 9d

This guitar came into my care in early 1987 or late 1986; it wasn’t new, but photos confirm fairly unblemished. I’ve had my way with her.

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 9d

The marks of 30+ years of playing on what is now the beach #guitar; I find them beautiful, like weathered lines on a sailor’s face. (Long way to go to get to Willie level on the patina, though.)

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 9d

Will writes the first Mom insult joke!

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 9d

Death and destruction dogs thee at thy heels;
Thy mother’s name is ominous to children.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 9d

Me too! And that word, afflicted. Too funny.

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 10d

Sometimes you run across one short sentence that manages to capture a whole person. My #sundaysentence this week is this simple & funny beauty that captures so much of Graham Greene: “While in Villahermosa, Greene was afflicted with the company of an American dentist.”

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 14d

O, pity, God, this miserable age!
What stratagems! How fell! How butcherly!

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