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February Evening
A girl is fixing her bike knelt over in the lawn she no more than 10 and the sun is setting and the air is chilled and I’m anxious with her
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Was Joseph Campbell atheist?
Folks have been stumbling onto the site of late asking, “Was Joseph Campbell atheist?” No, Joseph Campbell was not an atheist. He believed in God first as a Catholic growing up, then in something like Brahman — or Sat — later in life, culminating in the “great spirit” of many native tribes. This is the sort of…
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The End of the Salad Days
“Please go,” said the man in the tie, ushering us out through the automatic doors. Shuffling nearby were two checked out looking cops; the supermarket manager evidently feeling a possibility of violent protest from the old man and me. Without making a scene, we left and crossed the sprawling parking lot to the Volvo ‘88…
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FC Shultz : The Rose Weapon
I’m often the sort of person who feels incessantly indebted to folks partly from my deep well of gratitude and partly from promises I’ve made. I tend to keep them, but I often take years. That includes a promise I made to FC Shultz to read his debut The Rose Weapon, his first, when it…
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Letter — Tap and Die 021
The main attendant scrolled through. And scrolled through. “No Dawes other than a young girl.” Jack’s daughter. And his wife?
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Little Women themes
After a long time leaving the promise unfulfilled to my bride, I finally read and will reflect on Little Women themes and symbols. I’m wasted as a scholar. But I try my best to be a careful reader. What are the main Little Women themes? It seems to me the Little Women themes that came…
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Molten Metal— Tap and Die 020
The main attendant scrolled through. And scrolled through. “No Dawes other than a young girl.” Jack’s daughter. And his wife?
