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  • Pain, writer’s block, and drafts.

    There hasn’t been much original content up here lately, and because this is a Tumblr and not strictly a blog, I’m okay with my stream being reblogs, links, or photos. It’s not that I haven’t had much to say; in fact I… Continue reading

  • psychotherapy: “Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form. Assuming you all reach a ripe old age, they’ll be with you… Continue reading

  • Three hospital bands, four tries to get in an IV and 5 hours waiting-still waiting for the transfusion to start makes for a rough day. (Taken with instagram) Continue reading

  • tylerknott: Life Rule: Keep Out signs are most generally just recommendations, rather than rules. Keep Out Sign on Old Red (by TylerKnott) Continue reading

  • tylerknott: Even broken windows sigh in appreciation when the sunlight finds its way to their dirty panes. Broken Window And The Sunshine Outside (by TylerKnott) Continue reading

  • My Mother You Is?

    Today I had to field the question “Why isn’t that book (Are You My Mother?-a classic) called My Mother You Is?” This little five year old wasn’t joking and it was a sincerely puzzling question. I have to answer some… Continue reading

  • bookmania: “Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you, ‘What does his voice sound like? What games does he love… Continue reading

  • Football, War, Violence and Troubled Youth

    When a community has a problem with violent, troubled youth why do they typically put them into a form of structured violence that just propitiates the problem…and more importantly why does it typically work?  This isn’t meant to be a football bashing,… Continue reading

  • 30 days September challenge

    good: iamcladonia: Just received this in my inbox, and decided to give it a go! 30 days of good. Day 1: Send a postcard. Tomorrow i’ll buy one and send it. Let me think whom shall I send it to? #30daysofgood… Continue reading

  • anglophilemeetsbibliophile: One of my favorite Mumford quotes.  Another (from After the Storm): “Get over your hill and see what you find there, with grace in your heart and flowers in your hair” Continue reading