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Apr.25.2013
An abundance of thoughts are rushing through me, thoughts that I've collected over the weeks, some I've written in my notebooks and devices, some I've yet to pen. I started out this morning with a larger block of time. I ran into technical glitches with my Apple keyboard. I had synched it with the...
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Apr.20.2013
What is it all about, we ask one another, talking not about bombings or explosions but laws passed in Kansas.
Kansas is forthright and smug. These shall be our laws. No sex education because it's easier to lead the ignorant. No abortions after twelve weeks and life begins at...
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Apr.19.2013
Driving down the road, I peer over at the progress of the new retail building. A man on his hands and knees tends to the soil, where the grass and flowers will be. He has a garden pick in his hand, that I see as he raises it, before bringing it down to the earth.
I was transported in that instant...
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Apr.16.2013
We all have our own little indulgences, beloved drinks or foods, the yummiest lollies, chocolates, treats or candies. Mine is a bag of mixed sweets dominated by a Caramel Bud, a pot of honey and an old-time favourite, the Chocolate Mate.
My Caramel Bud is full of buttery charm with a determination...
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Apr.16.2013
Vân, Cúc, Trúc, and Trang; Dũng, Dai, Khôi and Phát. In my mother tongue these names carry music, cadence, poetry. They evoke for the listener images of clouds, peonies, bamboo, jade; acts of bravery or wishes for prosperity. In English, alas, they lose all meaning as the inflexible American...
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Apr.13.2013
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Apr.12.2013
Yesterday turned out to be a pleasant day. When I got to work, the boss hadn't gotten to the stack of files for me to process. In the past I would have immediately felt the stress stream through my body. I know he's busy trying to wrap up loose ends, so instead I turned to the work I did have to do...
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Apr.09.2013
A leathery-skinned sea cucumber can twist its middle like a liquorice stick and split into two. The two pieces then grow new backs and fronts to become two separate and whole sea cucumbers. They can violently contract their muscles and throw out internal organs through their anus, and regenerate...
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Apr.07.2013
Hmm sleep would be nice. It's just a random thought.. You know that sleeping should be at night time when most other people are asleep but apparently in my world that just doesn't happen. However, on the up side, I get to spend a tremendous amount of time with my beloved...
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Apr.06.2013
Been writing like crazy. Up early, eager to get into it, sleep hovering in me, resisting efforts to shake it off. I fed the cats, showered, and then dressed without shaving, hitting the street for a long walk.
Well, not a long walk, a longer walk, a round around way to reach The...
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