I’ve been out of commission for the past few days due to the onset of an upper respiratory infection. It left me quite weak and unable to do much more than pop various pills while drinking tea. Although I’m finally starting to get better, the images of my fever dreams still linger. Before I proceed, […]
I imagine you’ll see posts like this more and more, the closer we get to March 1st, as that is the date Google has decided to cut off all non-blogger users from their Google Friend Connect service. At this time, everyone you follow through Google Friend Connect that does not use blogger will disappear from
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As much as I love Halloween, I’ve never been really big into decorating. I always manage *something* (usually a scarecrow and some wooden headstones), but the top-tier haunted house displays were always beyond me. In usually fashion, I went to the dollar store and bought some decorations That looked better in the bag Than
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Someone pointed out to me that I have been–quite unintentionally–posting every day of October so far. You might say, “Big deal, it has only been five days,” to which I might respond, “Shut up!” and stomp off to my sad chair. I’m not going to promise I will post every single day of October (like
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I woke up this morning, and my mind sang. My body vibrated. I didn’t remember what glorious day it was, but I knew nonetheless. The air smells different: the sweet decay of leaves and chilled earth. My heart has swollen like a ripe pumpkin, and I am more than ready to inhale deeply of October.
Sometimes I think the thing to do is open a cookie store. I don’t have any formal business or culinary training, but somehow I don’t think it matters. It’d be like a doughnut shop, only with cookies. I’d have a dozen different kinds that are made each day, with a few seasonal ones that change.
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Can’t you just picture a movie where the main character gazes at the far-off horizon–watching the gathering clouds–and mutters, “There’s a storm coming”? And then you, the viewer, roll your eyes. Maybe you even shift in your seat and sigh. Because, oh boy, he means it both literally *and* figuratively, and wow, what deep meaning!
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Come August, the crickets and cicadas weave a blanket of sweet chirrups over every day. To me, it’s a song of coming harvest, autumn, and eventually winter death. To them, they’re just trying to get laid. And who could blame them? In a few short weeks they have to mature and propagate the species. Never
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“I Breathe Black and Bleed Orange” It’s not autumn yet. Only for me, it is. For me, even the slight cooling of the air is enough to evoke a fall feeling. I go back to work, back to teaching, on August 22nd. What this means is I have to start getting ready now. I have
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It has occurred to me the that some of you may not remember who I am. Back when I was a nOOb writer with hardly anything published (actually, now that I think of it, not so different from now) I used a screen name instead of my real name. I don’t know why exactly. Maybe
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