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This. I was going to sarcastically respond with “What’s a payphone?” Every once in a while you’ll see a remnant somewhere, like those wall mounted booths sans phone. I would have nowhere to put it but I kinda want one of the phone booths of olde. Just as a nostalgic memory of a bygone era.

In The Plains, as in other books of his middle phase, first-person narration predominates. Murnane subscribes to Wayne Booth’s concept of the implied author – the person the reader imagines to be behind the work. ‘The ghostly outline of this personage has arisen in my mind,’ Murnane writes, ‘as a result of my having read certain details in the text.’ Since The Plains much of the tension in his fiction has come from this distance between the narrator, the implied author and Murnane himself. The 1989 story ‘When the Mice Failed to Arrive’ mixes details that parallel Murnane’s life with material most writers would find unspeakable. The narrator, like Murnane, is a married father living in a Melbourne suburb, a former schoolteacher and the son of a man who has things in common with Murnane’s father. Unlike Murnane, who has three sons, the narrator has a son and a daughter. He recalls his bachelor days as a teacher, when he would deliberately live miles away from his pupils and their families. He wanted nothing to do with them because ‘I did not want my neighbours or any adult passing in the street to think I was the sort of solitary man who was attracted to nine-year-old girls.’ Then:

Amenities: 32,000 square feet of private outdoor amenities, including outdoor dining and entertainment areas and green spaces, a meditation and sculpture garden, an outdoor yoga space and a dog park; a club room; a fitness center; a yoga studio; a his-and-hers spa and rooftop pool deck with lounges and cabanas; smart building technology; a 24-hour security staff and valet plus on-site concierge services.

Forms give the poured mix its finished shape and can be as elaborate as a purpose-made piece of carpentry or as simple and disposable as a strong cardboard box. The form should be lined first with the thin plastic sheeting for ease of separation.

Now, whether that will make any difference at all in reversing Seager’s poor 2018 season remains to be seen. I’d say a bigger factor will be whether Seager adjusts to the severe shifting that has really seemed to flummox him the past couple of years. Early observation: He’s making a much more concerted effort to beat the shift by going the other way.

The squirrel will clean the seed by licking it or rubbing it against its face, which also places a smell from its scent glands on the seed. After picking a spot they dig a hole with their front paws, push the one to three seeds in, and quickly cover it up. Later for a meal in the winter the squirrel will locate them even through the snow using their keen nose.

Last year's one-point loss to Loyola-Chicago could be written off to magic dust and Cinderella destiny. This time, it would have been their own darned fault. They let a 25-point first-half lead over Iowa slip away and had to endure overtime. The ending was much sweeter this time, an 83-77 win.

Although water fountains bring beauty and tranquility to landscapes, Jim Wilder believes they serve a greater purpose.

Even if you don't have the space for a large pond, smaller mini container ponds made from old washing up bowls or ceramic sinks can equally play host to a huge amount of amazing wildlife. Small amounts of water can attract a wealth of species, so a damp ditch or 'rill' can also be an easy way to create a place for animals to enjoy.

Bill Rapai, president of Grosse Pointe Audubon and author of “The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It,” said using only native plants in the yard is a great way to draw birds, because those plants will lure the insects that birds eat.

Stone cleaning and restoration consisted of water misting and micro-abrasive cleaning using dolomite powder and D/2 biological solution. Stone repair methods included cementitious patching, grouted crack repairs, pinned crack repairs, stone dutchmen and full stone replacements. The masonry contractor used stone carvers from around the U.S. to hand carve the limestone and replicate details of the original stone and perform nearly 3,000 individual stone repairs.

“He loved nothing more than a buck and a gallop around his paddock which was incredible at 56-years-old.