Writers
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Persephone returns!
Spring – In ancient myth, Persephone is abducted by Hades and taken to the Underworld. (She was a babe.) Continue reading
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Infinite Jest, Longfellow Books
This, this so-called culture in which we struggle to thrive, is a theme and subject of Infinite Jest. (But there are ever so many themes to IJ.) Culture has been sold off. Corporate America bought it and ate it for lunch, between two pieces of Wonderbread. It is an appetite that knows no satiation and… Continue reading
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“She spent her whole life trying to understand…”
But what got me was the concept of devotion to an idea as a life-long pursuit. Continue reading
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Writing, Photography and Bliss
Joseph Campbell famously stated, “Follow your bliss.” It is a luxury, you say? No, if you want to be alive it’s a necessity. Go do what you do. Listen for the drum beat, follow it. Go. Do it. Continue reading
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A long way from home.
Can there possibly be a greater American juxtaposition: Portland, Maine to Las Vegas, Nevada? But then Las Vegas (I feel weird calling it Vegas, we’re not that close) makes for a stark comparison to most any other place. I had to go, yes, had to go, to Las Vegas to attend to some last-minute–and unexpected–business. Continue reading
...the house I live in... 