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The Horizontal The Vertical

One Hundred Fourteen - A Tickle in the Throat

always trying
to warn her

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     I kept my own "tickle in the throat" at bay all week, but just after Christmas, it burst into a full-fledged head cold with ear infection and all. And then bending down and reaching around behind my nightstand, I pulled a muscle in my side, so a great deal of things seem to be crumbling to ruin around here.