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May.02.2013
(The first in a series of coming-of-age stories.)
Getting settled in our new digs in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles has meant a lot of soul-searching for Rita and me. For example: where to hang that framed lithograph of the French painting made famous in a celebrated 1916 Chicago court...
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Aug.31.2012
It's the last day of August. I'm so glad. I cannot tell you how glad I am. Because I have no idea why, August is always an odd month for me. I have no idea why. There are months that I just love, like June. I love June, because that's my birth month. I love March for spring and St. Patrick's Day....
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Dec.02.2011
It was Lao Tzu who said, “The Tao does nothing but leaves nothing undone.” Divine grace isn’t significant because it’s stunning or sensational. God chooses the ordinary to reveal the extraordinary, the simple to confound the wise, even “the...
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Feb.23.2009
I’m high and riding with my lover on a magic carpet being lifted by Rimbaud like thermals over Moroccan steppes, passing sub Saharan Lawrence of Arabia sand dunes with desert nomads atop camels with swords in their waistbands and ammo slung over their shoulders but back in that Santa Cruz house,...
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Jul.04.2008
I just finished Jessica Barksdale Inclan's blog about what we should celebrate on July 4. Lately my life has taken twists and turns, some good, some setbacks. It's made me think that I want to change things-take some classes, find another job, which isn't easy to do in...
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