“And I knew just as surely, just as clearly, that life is not a work of art, and that the moment could not last.” –Norman Maclean A friend of mine recently survived a life-threatening trauma the likes of which few seldom recover. I’m happy to...
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A four-eyed head-hat is what they where on Pontoon . . . They’re custom designed from the face of a goon. Of course you might think it strange, Or quite out of place, To go walking about wearing someone’s dead face- But I must tell...
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“If anyone tells you something strange about the world, something you have never heard before, do not laugh but listen attentively, make him repeat it, make him explain it, no doubt there is something there worth taking hold off.” —Georges Duhamel Three men gaze up at...
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Our dear Auntie Rose Got bit on the nose By a lizard that came Out of a letter It turns out Aunt Rose Had written some prose About a man whose Claims had upset her She wrote of the man Named Jake Finnegan Who said...
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Each year, I resist the urge to make resolutions, (personal and artistic) and yet I do. In reflection, at least part of me has become the New Year’s Scrooge: I try my very best to ignore the New Year and it’s hope for new beginnings, ...
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“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.”–Oscar Wilde A mountain cottage in the moonlight. The white picket fence shown like piano keys, untouched playing nothing. The breeze sways the pickets, almost remembering a beautiful song. A garden. Flowers that...
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