Victor’s eyes monitored him. The physician answered cautiously, “We can operate but…you wouldn’t dance again.” “I could live–?” “Love,” Victor’s words crushed hers. “You’re not thinking clearly. If you couldn’t dance, wouldn’t you rather slip away?” ...
The characters as we can see decide to change their names after a potlatch or other sexual or ritual experiences. Ron becomes Cloud, Evelyn his girlfriend becomes Eucalyptus (and when she leaves him for a rival community, Eve), Joan becomes Valley, Paul becomes Wind, Ralph (after resisting)...
Having been in one now for a good few years, I can tell you that parts of me still feel the same. In the first warm glow of love, you may think such feelings are impossible, but you’ll understand over time how that glow can gradually fade; how familiarity can breed contempt (or a...
It occurred to me that I’d found the salvation to my occasional writer’s block. I can blog about words that search engines don’t recognize (until they index this blog). And so here we are. What is “Fair Doinkum” you might ask? Well, stopping to think about it, it must mean...
Conversely, back home, I can relax a little more, and on Saturday, at Mother’s Day dinner with family, we ordered grilled oysters (as large as the ones I had in Hiroshima) and a gargantuan shrimp fried rice with sirloin beef and Chinese broccoli stir-fry, plus a seafood, chicken, ...
Frodo : I can’t do this, Sam. Sam : I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn’t want to know the end...
for all that we can do about in the immediate aftermath. We learned a hard lesson of January 6th; likely those of a mind to criticize the outcome won’t be so eager to go to Washington to protest openly and run the chance of experiencing debilitating lawfare and interminable imprisonment in...
Edmonds residents have direct access to Puget Sound and are only a 30-minute drive to Seattle. Locals can whale watch, fish, or take advantage of hiking trails. You may also like:Best lake towns to live in #45. Monterey, California ...
I guess you could call me “interstate averse” when it comes to riding motorcycles. So, we took back roads from Denver>Florissant>Weston Pass with a quick stop at Cheesman Reservoir. I’ve heard of Cheesman Reservoir, but had never been there. Interestingly enough, you can’t actually ge...
“The president is taking these actions as soon as possible here on day one so that we can lower prices as soon as possible for the American people,” the official said. Lead Art: President-elect Donald Trump will declare a national energy emergency and issue ...