900s : History & Geography

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900s: History & Geography 917.804 Iowa description and travel

Where’s Wally? Part 1. —Where’s Wally? —Today, Wally is out looking at properties and meeting with lawyers, said Bourke. —Poor bastard, said Justina. —The Fall issue goes to press next week, I said. There’s a four by four corner on the inside back cover I’ve been saving for you guys. Does he want an ad or not? —Sure, said Bourke. We’ll take the damn ad. Just print whatever you usually do. Justina was kneading two loaves at a time, one with each hand, rounding them into shape. She set them onto a flat sheet, picked up her scoring knife, and concentrating fearfully, started carving Chinese ideograms into the top of each loaf. —The hell is that? said Bourke, annoyed that Justina was taking so long. The clock was ticking and the next batch of bread was raising. Bent over her work, Justina puffed hair out of her face with the side of her mouth, and said:

—It’s Chinese. This one is river:

And this guy is bend

Don’t you

think they’d make cool tatoos? You know, one on each arm? Justina struck a pose, flexing her biceps, then painted the loaves with eggwash and set them to rise.