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Oubliette There is a scene in the movie “Labrinth” where Hoggle explains to Sarah what a Oubliette was: “Yes. It’s a place you put people… to forget about ‘em!” Apparently in my home I have a mul...

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More Than a Feeling It’s more than a feeling When I hear that old song they used to play And I begin dreaming ‘Til I see Marianne walk away I see my Marianne walking away… I got up this morning,...

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On-Ree Hurricane/Tropical Storm/Tropical Depression Henri was a great fat nothingburger in Maine, despite the shrieking of the media “The! First! Hurricane! To! Make! Landfall! In New England! In...

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So here I am, rocketing through the Coronoverse in my spiffy cool condo-ship. Other than an unpleasant week getting my chest cracked open last summer I pretty much live in my condo-ship. I do t...

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Mazzy Star, always the masters of melancholy. Well. I suppose we could call this the bleak mid-winter, but that is a Christmas song, and I personally think of “The Bleak Mid Winter” as being Feb...

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Let it Be Obviously I haven’t been writing a lot in the last few months. While I have felt “okay”, I haven’t felt great or even normal. Six month check in with my cardiologist included a chest ...

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Valar Morghulis Weird banging, clanging going on in my head. 19 years ago I was studying for the one-two punch of my NATOPS open and closed book exams. Sitting in the study of my house on Penn C...

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Valar Morghulis Weird banging, clanging going on in my head. 19 years ago I was studying for the one-two punch of my NATOPS open and closed book exams. Sitting in the study of my house on Penn C...

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Memento Mori II So here we are two days later. I tried to go to the beach today, but they are limiting access, and the entrance was blocked. There is another way to the beach, down by the fort,...

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Momento mori So I did this thing. After months of tests and planning I got up at 5AM and took yet another shower, using this weird presurgical soap that they warned me about getting in my eyes ...

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Momento mori So I did this thing. After months of tests and planning I got up at 5AM and took yet another shower, using this weird presurgical soap that they warned me about getting in my eyes ...

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I realized after trying to get ahold of my son for months. Yes, months. That my grandson doesn’t know me, or our family history. My son being a way too easily dismissible millennial has no ide...

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The Night We Met <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="" width="560"></iframe> ...

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Farewell and adieu, you fair Spanish ladies Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain For we’ve received orders for to sail back to Boston And never the more will we see you again… I am now officia...

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Farewell and adieu, you fair Spanish ladies Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain For we’ve received orders for to sail back to Boston And never the more will we see you again… I am now officia...

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Once the wings go on, they never come off, whether they can be seen, or not. It fuses to the soul through adversity, fear and adrenaline and no one who has ever worn them with pride, integrity an...

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I spent an hour on the phone with Gary last night. He was surprisingly upbeat considering his dad just died. We made plans for breakfast with the boys this morning. I’ve been around too long to...

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Decade End Observations. I started the decade in love. I end it pretty sure it is going to take divine intervention for it to ever happen again. Gary’s Dad died yesterday and nothing in the way...

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I really hate those dreams where everything is going really good, sex is amazing and… I have to go take a leak. And try as I may, try as I might I can’t get the dream back. That really sucks, be...

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I received a phone call from my school advisor. One of the items we discussed was the fact I seem to have a balance on my account with the school. Both of these degree programs have been paid fo...

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Repost For the first time in three day I am not wearing a hat. Inside my apartment. This is getting ridiculous. I have known cold. I grew up on northern tier bomber bases. Places that don’t ...

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In the process of producing a publishable artifact, my biggest challenge is in actually following through and finishing at least a first draft of one of my works in progress. My problem remains t...

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In the process of producing a publishable artifact, my biggest challenge is in actually following through and finishing at least a first draft of one of my works in progress. My problem remains t...

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I listen to this when I am doing schoolwork. Or writing. It is both relaxing and horrifying. It was what I was listening to when Laura called and told me about Sandy. It was a crazy warm Sept...

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I listen to this when I am doing schoolwork. Or writing. It is both relaxing and horrifying. It was what I was listening to when Laura called and told me about Sandy. It was a crazy warm Sept...

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