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Friday, February 26, 2010

"Prayer of the Dragon"

Just finished this novel by Eliot Pattison... Excellent! Some years and books ago, Pattison created Shan, a Chinese detective with dissident tendancies, in contemporary times. His stories blend the ancient and modern, spiritual and technical, philosophical and political. They are set in China and... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Prompt: Why do we talk about ourselves?

Sometimes, sharing news of what makes me feel happy, or accomplished, I have some notions that my exhiliration is something to be shared, that others who care for me will be happy for me, will celebrate my happiness with me. Sometimes, though, it is the part of me that wants others to be... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

A New Prompt: The Sound of Silence

"Hamlet" closes with a long sad tribute to the dying prince, concluding famously with the final line: The rest is silence... Silence can be a refuge, it can be a space in which something wonderful can happen. It can be the sad completion of a dying, or a weapon of shame and humiliation, or the sound... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

a new prompt prompted by a poem by Auden

(from WH Auden's September 1, 1939 )...the error bred in the bone Of each woman and each man Craves what it cannot have, Not universal love But to be loved alone. This runs through my stream of consciousness every so often... tends to dawdle and splash around. This poem of Auden's does that: one... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Prompt: Pivotal memories

There are certain memories--images and feelings that are cherished the length of one's life: moments of perfection, moments of great meaning, of special delight... There are others, of course, not the happy ones, but as pivotal in the courses we choose through the rest of our lives. But here, I am... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

WARNING: Don't go there!

DO NOT VISIT MY UNIVERSE BLOG TODAY No kidding--some sort of malware is triggering a warning and shutting down my internet connection when I go to write or read the latest post on that blog. I have emailed admins here and also copied 10 pages of prior posts, in case the matter calls for shutting... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

People are planets that do sometimes collide... We explore those planets when we go inside another person's thought and feeling discover what the silver atmosphere's concealing; different laws of nature may apply to different creatures under different sky... A world may be hostile to our hearts, our... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

THE BALLAD OF THE MAID OF FOROCHEL parts 1-3

Thundering out of the distant plains heart and hoof together singing anger and tears a tempest raging knells of destruction, footfalls ringing! The broken spirit, the broken heart flees the madness of threat and mock --spirit defies, grows bolder ever-- --heart grows cold and hard as rock... She... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

A new prompt! The Elevator

... the first in a long time! I have been thinking about people I have known for years, and some recently met; I have been thinking about relationships in their mad variety, diversified by gender, age, philosphy, life experience, sensibilities, species... about people I have gotten to know who, had... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

a new prompt: What do you dream?

Give us an image in words or graphics to answer this question... Post your response in your own blog, then put a link in the comments here so we can come see it. Sign in to see full entry.

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