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Aug.01.2012
The “I’m going to single-handedly save this marriage!” off-switch was pretty hard to find during our final years together. (Maybe it was hidden under the super-hero cape I thought I was wearing). My brain just couldn’t last a second, at the end of the marriage, without wondering what...
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Jul.30.2012
http://www.youtube.com/user/jdfried11/videos
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Jul.29.2012
Take a lyre. Take a harp. Both string instruments, right? Well, not
just string instruments. The lyre and the harp have been heroines of the music stage since the dawn of times. Since Orpheus first charmed his way in and out of hell. The lyre and the...
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Jul.20.2012
I saw this on...Pinterest, of course, and I got to thinking.
On the surface, this appears to be comparing the treatment of women from yesterday to today. I'm guessing the message is that during the 60s a woman was treated with respect. She was called a woman and the simple title of pretty is...
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Jul.14.2012
July 14
KEY
I asked for the key to my problems. My expectation was a metal instrument with which to unbolt the lock to my desires. What I was given was a systematic explanation of the symbols on the plan of my life. This has been a wonderful gift and I have...
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Jul.14.2012
The pagoda has been sitting in the same spot since 1905. It’s maintenance, survival through world war two, and remoteness despite being in the middle of a city that is transitioning from being an industrial center to a financial center is a testament to the Chinese people. Their filial...
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Jun.19.2012
Well, at long last the first e-book in the series that Scott Heim has been editing is finished and online. I'm very proud to have been invited to contribute to this anthology, as I'm in the company of some pretty amazing folks.
Scott wrote: "The first one to be released is THE FIRST TIME I...
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Jun.15.2012
Got to love music. Just moves me, lifts my spirits, and takes me away like nothing - wine, beer, coffee, computers, walking -- can do.
Day had an inauspicious start. Computer episodes arising from a lack of internet connection.
No connection! Cold turkey time. What the hell was I to do...
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Jun.13.2012
The sun rises over San Francisco. The fog rolls in. Night comes. Another day slips by.
I’m not sick, but I feel like I am. There was an explosion and I lost half my brain. I can’t focus. My appetite is gone and bright lights hurt my eyes. I am paralyzed by sadness, pain, and fear.
I’ve...
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Jun.09.2012
Joni Mitchell, by Mark Bego
image via greenobles.com
Biographies about living persons, particularly celebrities, are problematic, well, because of the obvious – that life isn’t yet complete. It’s unclear that Bego had Mitchell’s approval to write this book, and, as I suspect here,...
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