A light from the darkness

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Curiouser and curiouser

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And one morning, things just seemed different.  The edges of the pictures frames weren’t quite perpendicular; her labrador’s eyes were pushed apart like a frog’s; the ficus on the patio tugged at her skirt as she passed by.  Had the world always been so bizarre?  No, she was sure that a shift had occurred.  As … Continue reading →

We’ll meet again

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Sweet peace

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Fly me to the moon

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Watch the throne

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Liquid comfort

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You’ll find liquid courage in glass, but comfort comes in weighty ceramic.

Point blank

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Only at the end does it all come together. After the pile of shoes, the Times Square kiss, and the screaming Napalm-ed girl. After, somehow, all the graves and flags and lost limbs have blurred together. After everyone else has had his say and told her story. Only then are you asked to face it … Continue reading →

Fighting sun

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We’re still recovering from the dark onslaught.  The fog has lifted, yes, but its pernicious remnants are evident every morning, when the sun still struggles to begin its daily tasks.  Until about noon we  wade through the mist.  Our legs slow, our thoughts jumbled.  More than ever, we need the daily recharge.  So we eye … Continue reading →

The Great Fog

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        A great fog descended on the city last week.  Not one day, or even two – but three.  Three days without the sun or the moon.  Three days without the stars.  Anything else that persisted so, we would call unrelenting.  But this thick  mass was just inert.  Unmovable.  Until, on the … Continue reading →