under the guise of “analysis” or “opinion”. My grandmother would have been horrified; I remember her saying to me many times, even as an adult, “Please try to speak more like you write;” in other
My new friend clears my empty plate and asks if I’d like more coffee. “No, gracias,” I answer and smile. It’s time to get back to my other tribe—my writing tribe—but I’m reluctant to leave this comfortable spot where it’s so easy to watch the world of San Miguel pass b...
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no flash flooding, nothing but a good drenching. Once I realized it wasn’t dangerous, I welcomed it. There is something about being in the middle of a storm, only able to see a few feet ahead of you, that slows things down. I worried about the immediate- how to get the girls fro...
1990-08-17 at the Palladium, Hollywood, California Stage banter 4 “I found it hard,It was hard to findOh well, whatever, never mind.” — Kurt Cobain Smells Like Teen Spirit. Song lyrics, Nevermind (1991) 4 “A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido.” — Kurt Cobain Song ...
The river bridges and star charts and song harmonies All in service to a simple idea: That we can make a house called tomorrow. What we bring, finally, into the new day, every day, Is ourselves. And that’s all we need To start. That’s everything we require to keep going. ...
SONG FOR THE DEER AND MYSELF TO RETURN ON BY JOY HARJO This morning when I looked out the roof window before dawn and a few stars were still caught in the fragile weft of ebony night I was overwhelmed. I sang the song Louis taught me: a song to call the deer in Creek, as in hu...
(Song of Solomon 4:7).Youpossess the very righteousness of God and His heart toward you is in loving rest because you have delighted him in a way that means everything to him…you have accepted his Son as your Lord and Savior. He is pleased with you and dances over you with joy (...
"... when I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a rough sketch of what he was going to become ... this guy was our generation, and he wasn't in a suit .. he played a Howlin' Wolf song 'Killing Floor', ...
On my first day, I arrived late. I had gotten confused when exiting the metro station, and walked in the wrong direction for a good ten minutes. “Darn it,” I thought, when I realized my (usual) mistake. “There’s no point of going to the classnow.There won’t be space for me...