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Oct.21.2012
My brother, who is twenty years older than I am, took me to my first baseball game when I was a young girl. It was the Oakland A’s. He didn’t know it, but I had a crush on Jose Canseco. I remember how shy I was. I remember wanting the free bag that the stadium was giving away, but we didn’t make it...
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Jun.24.2012
The day was colder than the last couple. In the apartment, at least.
Son Jason got us stirring with a visit in the early afternoon. He wanted to watch the SF Giants play the Oakland A's. He gave me an alternative, to watch BORN YESTERDAY on TCM. We watched a little of...
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Oct.18.2010
Kicked off in Asheville Nth Carolina, A small city on a series of hills with a deserved reputation for the tolerance of street theatre. The policewoman I talked to said that street performance was recognised as an integral part of the cities culture and the right to that expression was always a...
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Sep.18.2010
September 18
Buffoon
Never juggle knives and butter at the same time or you will just spread your problems around. Passing on the knives is the first best idea, leaving the butter in the dish is the second. I have gotten many funny schemes into my brain; gotten...
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Apr.01.2009
Would you still love the moon
If its pale dust gets in your eyes?
If the cloud that sheltered you from the summer sun
Sent down its rain,
Would you tell it to apologize?
Have faith,
Embrace a nightingale that failed to sing one morning,
Have faith.. In a clown that cries,
Have faith.. In the rain...
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Mar.07.2008
When Carlini was convulsing Naples with laughter, a patient waited on a physician in that city, to obtain some remedy for excessive melancholy, which was rapidly consuming his life. The physician endeavored to cheer his spirits, and advised him to go to the theatre and see Carlini. He replied,...
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