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Death Sonnet
hopefully the last of the Dead Poets of the Lyric series: Brenda, her wheelchair shining chrome in thestreetlight, her red hair up in a whisp likecotton candy, her magical yet… read more
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The Dead and Alive List
In the last few days I have seen posts of people honoring Taylor Swifts 35th birthday (Happy Birthday, Taylor) and honoring the memories of people like Nikki Giovanni, the great… read more
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The old man was dead
He shuffled about the station cleaning and sweeping, but moving slow, I asked him and he said, oh, yes, a long while back, I remember it all though somehow I… read more
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Books, Writers, Readers, and Sales, and Who is Making a Living?
In the English language market of the book publishing world there are 4 million new titles published every year, about 75% of these are indie or self-published with the remaining… read more
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Someone asked, “What is your favorite library?”
Picking my favorite library is like picking my favorite child. The downtown Montgomery Alabama Library with its four large rooms, one for children, one for non-fiction one for fiction and… read more
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Prepare for Self-Inflicted Wounds
I remember 1980. I remember 2016.I am prepared both for it to be worse than either and for it to be worse than we can imagine. I remember being in… read more
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Open Letter to Paramount+
We dont usually watch American TV, because, to be honest with you, its almost all crap, but as we really like Kathy Bates, and as i am old enough to… read more
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Peace be unto you
My advice to a friend who has decided to become a Muslim because they feel the other religions have failed us in Palestine: All three Abrahamic religions oppose genocide and… read more
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Trade, Aid, and War
I observed with great interest, that though China has a huge military and has shown a willingness to use it, they also have spent over a $ trillion USD on… read more
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Wonderful old manual from the CIA that makes a great workbook for the Resistance
Did you know that the CIA has a declassified field manual detailing the kinds of sabotage an ordinary person can do with lots of plausible deniability? With like, details for… read more
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Not a poem, only a remembrance
Dull Thud The sound of the wooden paddle banging against the flat bottom of the aluminum boat I was told it would scare away the fish, usually by someone older,… read more
Better Than The Times 