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Geoff Mantooth is Trying to Figure it Out

@Geoff_Mantooth

Writer, working on upmarket novel. IP attorney. Engineer, so gotta take it apart.

 Texas, USA
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Joined November 2022
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We traveled hours to sleep on cots and work in the heat, to rebuild, repair for a shy homeowner who stayed inside. And in the end, we wound up Telling Miz Harris No. trialsbywriting.substack.com…
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This old road tells tales, namely of a heavy dump truck slowing down, its tires rutting the gravel. The truck was loaded with fresh gravel for another section of road, the new damaging the old.
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Yes, diamondbacks eat rats and mice, but this one was near my feet and its rattle was too damaged to sound off.
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I had my hand for a longer time than this ice chest, which loses parts easily. Glad my hand (and other parts) is better built.
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Compacting gravel into fresh tar.
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Resurfacing a road. The dump truck driver drives backwards.
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Drafted more than volunteered. It’s the end for an unwanted tomato. trialsbytechnology.substack.…
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After molting, there’s a new cicada lurking somewhere, ready to sing.
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Deer scat steps from our front door.
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Crepe Myrtles in full midsummer bloom.
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Looking for a beach read? An engineer reads a romance. Can opposites attract? #fiction #books trialsbywriting.substack.com…
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Lasts for over 20 years they say! LED lights aren’t what they say; I have to replace them more often than fluorescent bulbs.
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Prickly pear sure can hurt if you have a run-in, but this spring, they’re in full bloom.
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If you look closely, you can see individual bees as they swarm, wings extended, including one coming for the camera.
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This one wanted the double-fish meal.
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Can honeybees teach us how to relate to social media? trialsbytechnology.substack.…
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STINGING FAIL- not only did the dictation software on my phone fail to respond, but the bees zeroed in on the microphone end of the phone jutting from the pocket of my bee suit.
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Been windy around here. Someone is about to wish for even more.
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Richard Flanagan’s “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” richly draws its Australian POWs before, during and after World War II. Does it also subvert a revered Japanese book of the same title? #BooksWorthReading #books open.substack.com/pub/trials…
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April 14 mailing to the government. The stamp was the last one in the desk. It does not truly reflect my mood.
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