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Sep.22.2009
I was in Birmingham last Saturday, signing copies of 'The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy' at Borders in the Bull Ring. The signing was a special one for two reasons. Firstly, I was born and brought up in Birmingham, so going back was like going home. I've moved around a fair bit and...
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Sep.12.2009
I've put a chapter from my book on the plumbing industry, and life, death, love, philosophy, religion and the fate of the universe, on my website
http://ithoughtso.net/id13.html
The working title is Kitchen Sink Confidential. Comments and criticism are always appreciated.
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Sep.05.2009
Next Wednesday is lost in time for me. I leave this country on Tuesday evening and arrive some 13 hours later on Thursday morning in the city in which i was born, on a continent in which I have not set foot for nearly nine years.
Probably not only Wednesday will disappear, as I re-orient myself to...
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Sep.03.2009
On the streets of downtown San Francisco, mostly men wrapped themselves in tattered coats and blankets, and sleep on collapsed cardboard boxes—a cold, hard sleep. They wrapped themselves so tightly, all dreams seemed tucked inside their empty pockets.
I stepped over the puddles of their urine,...
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Aug.20.2009
It was a beautiful May in 1979. It would be a day in which an ugly duckling would turn into a beautiful swan.
Wende was making breakfast for her family, a true northern deal, eggs, pancakes, bacon, toast and fried potatoes. She got the coffee ready for her mom and dad. As Wende cooked she sang...
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Aug.18.2009
I had planned to spend much of my summer vacation alternately working on my suspense novel, and lounging on the beach. Instead, I passed most of it Waiting for Mr. Goodroof.
You see, I co-own a hundred-year-old house in the Ontario countryside. It has wood siding and a shingled roof. We got half...
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Aug.14.2009
This sunny new day in Mexico City, I woke up dreaming of ancestral vilage squares, grandma's farm lands and drum beats from Igbo landscapes of home and inspiration. Perhaps, it's because my grandma Mercy Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku - my dad's mother - who died recently at the age of 91, is to be...
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Aug.02.2009
Family
MamaPosted at 06:59 AM on May 15, 2007
You know, this past week has been amazing, and in many ways, life altering. I want to tell everything that happened, to leave nothing out, but as I sit here, back at home after the literary conference in New Orleans at which my novel Miss McGhee...
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Jul.31.2009
Not more than three months ago, our family decided to seize the day, take the large risk, and embark on a great new opportunity called moving to Prague, for an expat assignment there with my husband’s job. Weeks of careful planning and work, by our family and with professional assistance, has gone...
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Jul.29.2009
Amazing Grace. Angel Kiss. Harmony Hills. No, wait. I am not talking about the hereafter or a retirement community. Here's some more: Banana Cream. Pale Papyrus. Almond Sugar. No, not nail polish, but you are close.
Paint. Interior wall paint. Kelly Moore.
In another incarnation, I had a...
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