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May.21.2013
Photo: Book's cover from its Wikipedia page
Almost as quick a read as its predecessor, this one is told from the point of view of Stevie, from his cigarette shop, as he looks back on his past. The cast is all here, and a few more characters show up, including one of the all-time...
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Mar.19.2013
The adventurers in Paris
(Those who are coming to this serialized story for the first time, you can read the complete opus to date by clicking here.)
He met her at...
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Nov.29.2012
He goes to the hospital, lets them look him over, look into and through him, turn him over and inside out, look and look again until, finally satisfied, the doctor gives him the thumbs-up and the nurse winks and smiles, knowing more about him than even the woman waiting...
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Sep.06.2012
The kind of hope that interests me is grounded in reality: not crossing one’s fingers and buying a lottery ticket, but noticing the signs and reminders that suggest possibility. One thing that gives me hope is the presence of fellow-travelers. More and more, I see people standing up to say, “...
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Apr.05.2012
All day in hospital, night, too, after my Fall. Sleep interrupted constantly for tests.
I found San Francisco General, where my friend Noelle Noel was smart enough and kind enough to send me, was excellent. Two or three teams of doctors, and two smart, funny nurses, Meghan and...
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Mar.25.2012
Guess who's out of the hospital?! This chick!
Today, as I mentioned last night, I have play rehersal, and I'm gonna try to go. However, it is a musical, so I have to "take it easy" and NO DANCING OR SINGING. Sigh. So last night, I got maybe five hours of sleep tops. Also, I...
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Mar.24.2012
I'm sick in the hospital with a serious asthma attack today. It majorly sucks, and even though I've been busy and haven't blogged in a while I thought you might like to know what's been going on. Recently our school has been busy with play practice and such, and I'm in the...
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Jan.10.2012
Chances are most people don’t have a drum throne (drummer’s fancy chair) with a swivel seat in their garage.
Chances are high most people wouldn’t stand on a drum throne if they had one. Nor would they stand on the throne in January and hang onto a swinging garage door (for stabilization) so they...
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Aug.30.2011
Earlier this month, I spent a happy week with family and cousins at Quonnie beach in Rhode Island. Lots of John Sandford, “left, right, center,” and tossing Bocce balls with my now-famous west coast spin that blew away the New Yawkers.
Mid-week, my wife and I went to Providence to check...
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Apr.12.2011
Inside the White Palace
Tonight, nothingtastes right. You are trying to save the tiger again, this time
she's in the shape of a girl huddled at the head of a hospitalbed, fighting off
the hospice nurses, their kind needles, with a glare and a wave. Transparent guidebooks stabbed directly under...
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