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  • Where Does The Past Begin?

    Where Does The Past Begin?

    Great authors turn words of phrase into streams of consciousness. In Amy Tan’s memoir “Where The Past Begins,” she notes the significance of bringing/sending flowers to funerals. I used to wonder why flowers appeared surrounding and draped on caskets. Wasn’t this, I pondered, a cold reminder of life and beauty? A distraction for the living;…

  • BETWEEN THE GREYS

    BETWEEN THE GREYS

    Somewhere on the planet as I type this; gurgling, burbling geothermic hotspots spurt predictably (like certain presidential candidates) and just like Old Faithful, Pixar presents us with another animated film. Inside Out is about feelings; so I was putting this one off. Eventually I did give it a watch. Turns out it’s literal, it runs…

  • The Importance of Stories (open ended dates)

    The Importance of Stories (open ended dates)

    I was a small child then, but I heard the stories. When she was in her 40s, my aunt (now passed) drove a cab and smoked cigars. She was always one of my favorite people.  “If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well it were done quickly.” – Macbeth Get the nasty bits…