Wednesday, August 13, 2008
I can't help it. I have to get this off my chest... Aargh!
You may have read my old blogs about my friend June. We've been writing buddies for a couple of years now, get together at Mickey D's to talk about life and politics and writing. She's ninety two (admits to that many years) and has been blind in her right eye for maybe twenty years. She's got...
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May the force be with you...
They've finally figured out exactly what "the force" is. You know, the one they talked about in Star Wars? It has a light side, it has a dark side. It holds the universe together..... Duct tape.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Fireworks? Ya coulda fooled me!
A couple days ago I watched the opening ceremonies in Bejing, and it was spectacular. I was especially impressed by the fireworks in the city surrounding the Bird's Nest stadium. It looked like a masterpiece of coordination, every fountain and fire blossom coming exactly on cue. Amazing. I heard...
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Monday, August 11, 2008
A Poet's Job...
Beauty, Harmony, Peace and Light... Such was the stuff of poetry, I thought. Appreciation of the glories of nature, the wonders of the world, love in all its permutations and complications. Then I read a warrior poet. Railing in fury against the injustices, ranting of man's inhumanity to man, of...
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Saturday, August 9, 2008
Congratulations to Bejing...
I was prepared to ignore the Olympics. I admire the athletes, their determination and skills. But one volleyball game looks like another, I've seen hundreds, maybe thousands of athletes run track and vault to impossible heights. Those darling girls who make daring leaps on a balance beam, the...
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Friday, August 8, 2008
Submit! Submit!
No, it's not a dominance thing. It's a reminder to writers to get their best stuff out there. I've got so much stuff in the file, interesting (at least to me) stories that deserve an audience. But I dawdle and procrastinate. The stories don't get any fresher. So yesterday I tucked a chapter of...
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Please -- a short short story
“Please,” she wails, hands extended, palms up, kneeling on the sidewalk. He has no idea what she wants. He hopes she perceives him as a deadly threat, looming suddenly out of the darkness. “Please,” she cries again. She begs, but he feels nothing for her. It is too late. He circles around onto the...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
OMG -- I've become one of THEM...
There's always some old person at the family gathering with stories to tell. Ol' Uncle Mac latches onto one of the tweens and starts the 49th retelling of how it was when he was a boy. The eyes glaze over and the unfortunate kid starts edging away before he even gets started. The stories and the old...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
A question for Bloggers
Some magazines and books consider things posted on a web blog as previously published. Since they don't accept submissions that have been in print anywhere else, stories posted here may never make it to the print media. With this in mind, would you still blog your fiction or poetry?
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Monday, August 4, 2008
I just thought of something...
Few minutes ago I was watching something weird on the Sci Fi Channel -- one of those updated high tech pod people things -- "Threshhold" which is actually pretty interesting. It's about how the aliens have infected tomatoes and things, and anyone who eats their veggies begins dreaming the same dream...
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