Vermont was beautiful.  In the eight years since I’ve been there, I’ve shed many histories.  There to meet us was solitary love - spiritual, infinite and ours.  We caught sight of simplicity too good to be real, too free of our self-impositions.  A vacation from life or a life of vacation?  My radio broadcasts it’s [...]

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Easter Road Trip 2010
Who: Erin Welch and Mike Varley
When: March, 31 - April 7, 2010
Where: Washington, DC, Maryland, West Virginia, Shenandoah Valley, Richmond and Gettysburg.
Why: To see the road and visit friends.
Day 1
March 31st was a work and travel day.  I left Long Island at 8pm after working 11 hours at Carillon, picked up Erin [...]

“Dylan’s Claim” is a novella I wrote over the course of nine months, from June to February of 2006-2007. It’s available for download now in the stories section. Click here to learn more.

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There’s a new manifesto in the “stories” section - “A Discourse on Sweeteners”:
“Last night, Friday, March 30th 2007, I spent 8:30-10:30 PM covering a twelve-foot long boardroom table with 1500 Sweet ‘N Low packets. The packets were all face up and facing in the same direction, creating a symmetrical effect. Pictures were taken for posterity.
I [...]

A new entry is now in the stories section: “A Letter to Curtis,” a letter I sent to a combat medic in Afghanistan. I am also happy to report that the site is now up to date and fully operational, with mp3 and pdf downloads of stories, four pieces in the art section, links in [...]

Welcome to MikeVarley.com. Feel free to look around; we have four new pieces in the art section and a new story, “A Tag Sale Fairy Tale.” Enjoy.
Regards,
Varley

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