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Blog of the Week: One more week of Bittersweetness
I’m about to do something unprecedented. It’s BIG. Really, really, BIG. But before I do, you have to understand something about the Internet, this website, and the Blog of the Week feature. The Internet is a vast and virtual expanse … Continue reading
This is a love story: a very short (and possibly unfinished) work of fiction
Author’s Note: This is not a new piece. I wrote it a few years ago, and while I’m still not totally happy with it, for some reason, I like it very much. So, occasionally, I get it out, reread it … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Despair, Fiction, Language, Life in general, Love, Poetry, The Unlived Life, Uncategorized, Virtue, Writing
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Looking back on love
With apologies, these are poems that I wrote my wife while we were dating. There have been poems since then, but I stumbled across these recently and thought that with Valentine’s day coming up tomorrow, they seemed appropriate. It’s midnight … Continue reading
Books for Boys and Girls
Diary of an Early American Boy Any boy (or girl) interested in post-colonial American life will love this book. Based on accounts from a diary kept for the year 1805, the book follows the diary’s author, Noah Blake and records … Continue reading
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Tagged Biography, Books, Children, Fiction, History, Life in general, Writing
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The Quality and Expression of Love
Over at Bittersweet Life, my friend Ariel has pointed us all to an article (on the Touchstone magazine blog) that dares to compare modern American pop culture lyrics on love to stuff written by dead people (they probably couldn’t even … Continue reading
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Tagged Decay, Fiction, Love, Poetry, Pop Culture, Postmodernism, Religion, Writing
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Simple Thoughts On Paths We Take
nothing new or revolutionary here, just some thoughts I had I came upon two roads but disinclined to follow I made my own and found, that there is no lack of paths that make their way to hell.
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Tagged Death, Fiction, Hell, Language, Life in general, Poetry, Religion, Sin, The Path Not Taken, Theology, Writing
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Diary of an iPod
I wrote this a while back for a comment on Slashdot and am posting it here just for kicks. Day 1: I was bought today. My Owner carries me reverently with both hands so as not to drop me. He … Continue reading
Tagged Fiction, Humor, iPod, Writing
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A Three Ghost Night has been e-published
Some time last month I got an offer for A Three Ghost Night to appear in the December issue of the ezine Next-Wave. Well, they just published the issue a few days ago, so here’s a direct link to the … Continue reading
The Audit
They will show up at your door, and you will be expecting them. They will, of course, be on time. They will be wearing suits, black and flat, made of fine Italian silk. Their shirts are always white or cream, … Continue reading
Tagged Death, Despair, Fiction, Language, Poetry, Postmodernism, The Unlived Life
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On writing
Here’s a struggler for the muse, looking for the rush of insight, the thrust and turn of thought, meme blades seeking out the real, the true, the blood to spill onto a page. Here’s a wonderer, sitting at a keyboard, … Continue reading
Tagged Fiction, Inspiration, Language, Poetry
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