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Legacy Writing 365:123

While I was downloading John Irving’s new novel In One Person to my Nook, I was thinking of all the copies of The World According to Garp that I’ve owned. For years, every time I bought the novel, someone borrowed … Continue reading

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Legacy Writing 365:68

One year when I was living with another person who was on a break from graduate school (and who I completely lost track of later, though I think she was originally from Houston, and for all I know, may live … Continue reading

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Legacy Writing 365:4

There’s no reason I should have this photo or the other four that were obviously taken the same day. I didn’t shoot them; I wasn’t there. That I do have them means I badgered someone into giving them to me: … Continue reading

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Magnetic Poetry 365:342

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Magnetic Poetry 365:282

John Lennon b. October 9, 1940 Sculpture by David Adickes.

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Button Sunday

I’m not sure where I got any of these buttons. A couple seem to have been around forever. I might have picked one up at the Austin Record Convention sometime during the 1990s. Doors lead singer, musician, poet, artist, filmmaker, … Continue reading

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Magnetic Poetry 365:66

You say it’s your birthday…

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Button Sunday

It was on this date in 1969 that the Beatles performed live together for the last time, on the rooftop of the building that housed their Apple headquarters. There’s a video on youtube of almost 25 minutes with the songs … Continue reading

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Soundtracking

On his blog, Jeffrey Ricker asks: Here’s a question–or actually several: what music inspires you? Have you ever written anything inspired by a particular piece of music? Do you listen to music while you write? Here’s my answer: I do … Continue reading

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Sometime Last Century, No. 3

Just for me. A little self-indulgence on a day when bleak weather matches a certain hurt that always flickers somewhere inside me. A song I won’t listen to anymore. A voice I can’t hear anymore. Cameras that shot photos more … Continue reading

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