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the grasshopper in spring

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 WALK THE YARD

 

          Hesutu was a man of the Native American Indian Miwok tribe.  Hesutu was known as “Mike” by those who had not lived in these lands 50,000 years.  Hesutu had killed a rival iRead full post »

 

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THE BEAST OF TIN CAN BEACH

 

 

          Back then in 1956 we all called it Tin Can Beach.  It was a wilderness stretch of sand on the ocean side of the two-lane Pacific Coast Highway, California’s HighRead full post »

 

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LAMBA RISING

 

 

          “Listen carefully,” he said, “this won’t be easy for you to hear.”

          Young Lamba raised her eyeRead full post »

 

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 COLD, HUNGRY, NAKED, WET

 

          Your period was late.

          You said, “Better late than never”?  Well, here I am now in Never-Never-Land!

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DUST AND DREAMS

 

I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream

Nikos Kazantzakis from The Saviors of God (1927)

 

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

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ANGEL FALLS

 

Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, that the [Angels] of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they tookRead full post »

 

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UNDERGROWTH WITH TWO FIGURES

 

          Man, this museum is huge.  It’s like a palace.  Ah, there’s the gallery:  Van Gogh Up Close.  Oh my God.  There you are.  Is that you?&nbRead full post »

 

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THE RAGGED CLAWS OF MICHELA PIATTA

 

          My parents would take me and my sister vacationing to Spencer Cove in Maine and we would stay in a little blue rental house near the beach.  It was 1958.  ElvisRead full post »

FEBRUARY 27, 2012 5:36PM

THE CRUISE

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THE CRUISE

 

          It was madness!  How had I come to this?

          I had been so happy alone in my ocean view suite on the grand cruise ship Merrow.  I was going to seRead full post »

 

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SEE SPOT READ

 

           Roger still mourned for the death of his dog.  He was now alone.  For the longest time Roger had left his beloved dog’s water dish in the kitchen and the doggie-toys where they/Read full post »

 giselleilluminated letter Warmth of dawn light has yet to reach the cold stars above me.  I have emerged into the Monastery courtyard.

          I have spent the night within the once pagan temple, the now Adytum of Purification.  As prescribed by HabitRead full post »

 

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THE DOG NAMED PUSSY

 

 

          The Vinegaroon Saloon was a hornets’ nest right in the middle of that town of Passover.  A big swarm of troubles was buzzing around/Read full post »

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THE NARROW WOODS

 

            I was twelve years old.  My family moved to a new town during my Junior High School.  They had talked about moving forever.  They had looked at all kinds of places. Read full post »

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JANUARY 7, 2012 10:30PM

LES VOIES D'HOMMES (The Ways of Men)

Whisper Your Name Into My Heart - Chapitre IX - LES VOIES D'HOMMES

  giselle 1illuminated T 1he Thirteenth Monk nods to the Senior Acolyte, Tredecim.  Tredecim comes and stands beside me as we dine.  My Ladies-in-Waiting and Our Guard and I finish le fait de diner with the thirteen IncorruptiblRead full post »

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