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Written in Happiness
ME: How many words of After The Hero did I write today?
ALSO ME: *looks it up* 1,641.
STILL ME: But they were words written in happiness.
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Today was something else. Truly incredible. I was happy all day, from beginning to end. Not a sad moment throughout! Not even once. I do not remember having a day this good since last Christmas, and that ( Read more... ) -
A Good Day
Recently I made note of how much I was hurting. Today, conversely, I'm feeling better than I have in quite some time. Since I knew I had noted the former, I thought I would go see how much time had elapsed since then. It felt like a week or two ( Read more... ) -
The Verdict Is In: On Progressive Tribalism and Israel
I have always been anti-tribalism, i.e. the idea that our demographic affiliations define who we are more so than our personal life experiences. Because it isn't true-except, ironically, as an indicator of which types of bigotry, and which modes of a given form of bigotry, people are likely to be subjected to on the basis of their demographic ( Read more... ) -
Wild Weather! + 😩
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Happy International Left Handers Day! A Musical Treat Herein
Mayhap a Musical Delight for Your Fancy???Sinistrals of the world, unite! (Dextral and "ambi"dextral swine, pay homage forthwith!) To celebrate International Left Handers Day, August 13, I present you one of my favorite musical performances EVER! This is Ravel's "Piano Concerto for the Left Hand," which he composed for a fellow pianist who lost his ( Read more... ) -
Birthday Ruminations
I am 42 now. The Answer to LUE. Ten years removed from the fabled Year of 32. I appreciate the words of all those who remembered this day and reached out to me ( Read more... ) -
ATH 25th Anniversary + "The Secretary"
After The Hero: A Curious Tale turns 25 today!! 🥰😮🥰🤩🥳
I wrote a short essay about it on my Curious Tale Tumblr, but more importantly I also published a short story, or, rather, a pair of scenes from The Great Galavar that can stand as a mostly self-contained story of their own.
About Silence! (Of course! ^ _ ^)
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Dad's 90th
Today is my Dad's 90th birthday! And I have no words for it, really. Only hopes.
But I didn't want the day to pass without saying something, because it has certainly been in my mind, both today and in the year leading up to today. -
The Change of Weather
In Western Washington, July and August are the hot months. It's quite a nice overlap, too: While June can play mean if it wants to (never forget the Dreaded Heat Dome), it is mostly clement, and by September things are rapidly cooling down. But July and August are rough ( Read more... )
