Tim Torkildson's Clown Alley

The Poet Laureate of the New York Times Newsroom

Monday, June 26, 2017

Photo Essay: The Dollar Tree Store. Provo.

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I always feel vaguely ashamed when I go into a Dollar store -- like I'm admitting defeat about the finer things in life. The good life...

Restaurant Review: Breakfast at Cubby's. Provo.

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So I decided on breakfast at Cubby's this morning afer my workout at the Provo Rec Center. I call it a workout . . . more like floa...

Headlines & Verse. Monday. June 26. 2017.

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CARBON DIOXIDE CONTINUES TO INFLAME THE ATMOSPHERE, AS SCIENTISTS SCRATCH THEIR EGGHEADS Our carbonized footprint is vast From fossil...
Sunday, June 25, 2017

The Clown and the Good Deed

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I’ve always loved to fish -- my mother must have been frightened by Aquaman when she was carrying me! I don’t remember the first time ...

Headlines & Verse. Sunday. June 25. 2017

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HOMEMADE SLIME IS BIG BUSINESS FOR AMBITIOUS KIDS   -- ALL YOU NEED IS ELMER'S GLUE AND BORAX I’d rather not make any rhyme About ...

Photo Essay: Fresh Market Foods. Provo

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I love wandering through grocery stores, especially on a Sunday morning when the aisles are either ghostly clear or cluttered with new in...
Saturday, June 24, 2017

New Mail Art Call

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MAIL ART CALL. Project title:   “What I Saw at the Circus” Work in all mediums accepted. There is no entry fee. Deadline:  Dece...

Headlines & Verse. Saturday. June 24. 2017

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CONEY ISLAND 'CYCLONE' TAMER RETURNS FOR NOSTALGIC VISIT The only cure for gridlock blues is roller coaster riding. It gives...
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I am convinced that if God meant man to laugh, he would have made more Democrats.
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