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Category Archives: REALITY
REALITY?: Hope Vicarious
By now everyone has heard–and maybe cried along like me–the voice and video of Susan Boyle who struck the audience dumb when she started singing on the British version of America’s Got Talent. It was the voice, sure, but more, … Continue reading
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REALITY?: Dilbert
Dilbert makes me laugh…and think:
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REALITY?: Change
I sit here with the cold remains of morning coffee–the way I like it–and look around at what’s turning into afternoon. The intense spring blue of sky appliqued with clouds; the yellowing of the willows and red tipped maple grays … Continue reading
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REALITY?: Willie at the Warner
Willie Nelson’s going to be in town tonight; less than fifteen miles away from me. He’s playing the Warner Theater in downtown Torrington and while I’ve been there twice to see him before, it was sort of an ‘extra money’ … Continue reading
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EDUCATION & REALITY?: More on the Dumbing Down of America
Ronni Bennett has an excellent post up at Time Goes By referencing Ralph Keyes, writing in Editor & Publisher, wherein he advises writers against retrotalk, that is, phrases and idioms that many young people or immigrants may not be familiar … Continue reading
LITERATURE & REALITY?: The Faith of Youth
“That’s stupid. How could Mighty Mouse beat up Superman? Mighty Mouse is a cartoon!” Man, that’s faith. This is from the wonderful “Stand By Me.”
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REALITY?: Happy Easter!
This is the best I could come up with this year; an egg is an egg is an egg, but my rabbits have been around a while, long enough to be a part of my Easter tradition. By the way, … Continue reading
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LITERATURE & REALITY?: Chekhov’s The Black Monk
Sometimes you’re lucky enough to be reading something just when you need it. Or maybe it’s just that you read into it what you need to get out of it. In The Black Monk, scholar and philosopher Andrey Vail’ich Kovrin, … Continue reading
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LITERATURE & REALITY?: Stories & Song
Funny, a woman can come on so wild and free, yet insist I don’t watch her undress, or watch her watch me, then stand by my bed and shiver as if she were cold, just to lay down beside me … Continue reading
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CURRENT AFFAIRS & REALITY?: Foreign Trade
When, oh when, will Americans wise up and refuse to buy any more Chinese junk? Knauf Drywall Fiasco Biggest Homes Defect Cast in U. S. History My God, people, can’t we even make our own drywall anymore? It may cost … Continue reading
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LITERATURE & REALITY?: Life Imitates Art?
Shades of The Road, Blind, and so many apocalyptic and disaster aftermath novels: More Squatters Call Foreclosures Home. Now there’s something to this that could have been good, could have worked, like not forcing the real owners to leave to … Continue reading
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REALITY?: Coincidentally
Today, April 9th, is the birthday of my best girlfriend in high school, Pat, who married at twenty-one and has lived in TN almost since then. Just wished her a happy day via Facebook and then stopped and thought, gee, … Continue reading
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REALITY?: Fun Time
See the plastic jug? It’s filled with about $75.00′ worth of zypki–dried mushrooms–from the Black Forest and it’s a major ingredient in my traditional Easter. For baszcz, the white type as my family has always made it, as well as … Continue reading
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REALITY?: Sundays
I love it on a Sunday morning as I cut my husband’s hair and think of ages past and scissors held by the different hands through time. Mother as a barber and a stylist both; up to date on Sassoons … Continue reading
REALITY & WRITING: Editing
Uh-oh. It seems that my sharpened eye has leaked into my ear and I find myself finding the flaws with tv shows and commercials. Just saw the Hallmark talking card ad: a woman, surrounded by her family at a dinner … Continue reading
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