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I’m Invited to a Destination Wedding at a Plantation. What Do I Do? I can almost understand why the Citrus County Board of Commissioners refuses to fund a subscription to The New York Times. Impressionable children and uninformed voters might read it and not be able to defend their minds against the socialist propaganda gushing…
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. – Ms. Unknown If one is to think about this past year, randomly the best I can offer. Decided to let the frog living in my hot tub to…
When nothing around you makes sense, everything is equally threatening. – Mandy Ashcraft, Small Orange Fruit Stephen J. “Stevo” Beard is gone forever and I know I will never hear from him again. I disappeared myself for a decade or so, or so it seems. Happy to reconnect with Mr. Beard. And when he would go…
True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own. – Nikos Kazantzakis Maybe thirty years ago, I was about to teach my first class at a coastal writers’ retreat. ‘Feral Writing,’ a particular area of…
Go where the Amen corner isn’t. – Bill Maher Walking around the neighborhood, on a sunny Sunday morning, I am struck by my minority status. Wonder what Jews felt, headed back home from the market in Nazi Germany those early years. When it was all talk of freedom and payback and then some voter suppression…
You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one. – John Lennon Say what you will about Meta Zuckerberg, but at least he keeps track of our memories. Like this nocturnal mind trip to Texas from December 19, 2012. I…
It’s when you stop believing in Santa, they start giving you underwear and socks. – Barker Ajax HOVEOX 20pcs Temporary Tattoo Arm Sleeves Arts Fake Slip on Arm Sunscreen Sleeves Body Art Stockings Protector -Designs Tribal, Tiger, Dragon, Skull, and Etc Unisex Stretchable Cosplay Accessories 4.0 out of 5 stars 4,317 ratings List Price: $16.99 $16.99 Details…
A wise, old owl lived in an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke; The less he said, the more he heard. Why can’t we all be like that wise old bird? Seems like people been calling me a wise guy since maybe my third year. As I conclude my seventy-fifth, humbly thinking,…
This race report, doubtlessly for Track & Field News, arrived as a December 19, 2013 “memory” from Mark Zuckerberg. “Shared with the public.” Don’t remember being at the 1991 Cascade RunOff. Suppose it’s true. Don’t remember filing this story. Sounds like I wrote it. “Throwback Thursday,” Huh? Portland, Oregon, June 23 – I’ve sat in…
Seriously, I think it is a grave fault in life that so much time is wasted in social matters, because it not only takes up time when you might be doing individual private things, but it prevents you storing up the psychic energy that can then be released to create art or whatever it is….