Life
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Moleskin Notes
A survey of things I’ve noted: “I tell you this not as aimless revelation but because I want you to know, as you read me, who I am and where I am and what is on my mind.” ~ Joan Didion, The White Album “There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that… Continue reading
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the vision thing…
I’ve told my kids that as you grow older you lose your peripheral vision. I’ve said this repeatedly; most often, it seems, each time I felt my own vision closing in. When I was young(er) the world was wide open and my vision reflected it. Then, as I grew up and more focused (though that… Continue reading
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The Polar Express
When did we lose that? Continue reading
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House a’fire
I long for verbs, active verbs. Continue reading
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I have a done a few things well…
I had a college literature professor, Colin Campbell, who likened writers to spiders. Colin would sit behind his desk, his eyes dancing behind his thick glasses, his face expressive and smiling, while with his fingers he would make itsy-bitsy spider motions, like one does for young children, and declare, “The spider makes its web from… Continue reading
...the house I live in... 