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There Are No Best Friends

Long before even an inchoate notion of this blog existed, I heard this line of advice: there are no best friends.  This particular piece of advice has nothing to do with creating this blog, but it does have something to do with writing.  I can’t recall who said it or where I read it—so don’t…

Flashbulbs and Dishes

Loving someone is nice.  Some might even say great.  But—and this is a cliche—stories often misrepresent love to us.  And yet, here are my two cliches—er, pennies. Stories attack our most vulnerable, suggestable state of absorption and relaxation.  When we are done with a story, perhaps without our knowledge or consent, we have altered our…

The Power of Anachronisms

When I was but a near-illiterate and uncultured mini adult, I could ignore anachronisms like misplaced prepositions.  But now!  As a full-fledged adult-by-law-but-who-really-knows adult, I only occasionally miss them.  Anachronisms, that is—prepositions are a lost cause at this point.  At precisely the moment I learned the definition of anachronism, and how neat it was—in both…

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