Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Prayers of My Childhood
I didn't pray for the things I should have. I prayed for simple things. Back when I thought that prayer was a possibility, I believed that it was reserved for extreme circumstances, crises, the like. This lasted until I was about twelve, when I gave up on anybody actually listening and when, for the...
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Sunday, March 12, 2006
Judgement Day
Sitting alone in the library in a reading carrel that looked more like a giant can of soda, I read my free period away, secure in my privacy and enjoying my imaginary world. A rustle of feet, then an entire group of boys comes in and sits down at one of the round tables. I'm very glad that the...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
Closer to Heaven
The first was a birch. It had three trunks, all covered in white, rising up into the sky. It was a bit like an inverted tripod and one could climb up easily by pressing palms against the two opposite trunks while climbing up the middle trunk. Bare feet worked best on the smooth, papery bark but...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
About a Blog
I've never blogged about blogging, but what happened today and last night might be the beginning of something wonderful in the Blogit world, and maybe the world in general. I have a blog where I catch people doing really nice things in NYC for people they don't even know. Up until last night, it was...
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Monday, March 6, 2006
Omnipotence
It was lunchtime, and the ritual had begun. I left my first-grade classroom and went to my locker in the hallway, slowly and deliberately pulling my boots on over my fake Mary Janes. After a few tugs, I moved on to my parka, tying the attached scarf around my neck and slipping my hands into little...
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Thursday, March 2, 2006
Origin of Life
The hard, wooden seat was becoming increasingly uncomfortable as I attempted to focus my attention on the lesson at hand: the use of the suffix "es" to make plurals. Outside the winter snow was piled so high that in order to walk to school that morning, I had to lift each little leg up out of the...
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Rest in Peace
Supposedly, in the hereafter, there's an everlasting peace a calm beyond any tranquility on Earth a freedom from stress and strife that lasts and lasts. Here on Earth, my baby, I rest in peace when your little hand is in mine when I feel your heartbeat against my own when you sleep like an angel in...
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Thank you to all who sent good vibes our way...
All are well and even better than predicted.
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Monday, February 27, 2006
Do you know how to pray?
"Do you know how to pray?" This is the first thing my mother said to me when I picked up the phone this evening. "Yes," I answered, instinctively. My mom's husband (they've been married for a few years) is having heart trouble. He's already had a quadruple bypass. Now, something else is wrong and...
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Sunday, February 26, 2006
Ornaments
The photo is faded, but you can still see the very '60s orange and yellow wallpaper peeking out of the background. Five people sit, smiling. They are all dark-haired and all three women all have long hair. The table is strewn with sequins, beads, pins, ribbon, glue bottles. The women wear colorful...
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