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The state of the novel
I’m taking a short break from editing The Ghost of Canard University today in order to talk about how things are going with that book. Sometimes you’ve got to do that, or you go insane from staring at your own words for too long, wondering how you could have put them together so amateurishly. Is… Continue reading
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Vocab 128 Part 14: N
Welcome back to my weekly series, Vocab 128, in which I sit down with pen and paper and write 128 words beginning with the same letter, in more or less the order that I think of them, before scanning the page and posting it here. The result is a flex of my vocabulary muscles, an… Continue reading
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A review of my physical fitness routine
It is a disturbing fact that, in this fourth decade of my life, I can no longer count on my body to look after itself. I must devote a portion of my day to making sure that I have moved a sufficient amount in all the correct ways, or else I will hurt. I will… Continue reading
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Vocab 128 Part 13: M
Welcome back to my weekly series, Vocab 128, in which I sit down with pen and paper and write 128 words beginning with the same letter, in more or less the order that I think of them, before scanning the page and posting it here. The result is a flex of my vocabulary muscles, an… Continue reading
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The unexpected loss of a favored place
It was the “Library of Black Excellence” that first drew Ariele and me to Epilogue Kitchen, an award winning restaurant in Salem, Oregon. I love things that double as libraries, and more generally places that celebrate books and their ability to propagate wisdom and ideas. That Epilogue placed itself in service of noble ideas and… Continue reading
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Vocab 128 Part 12: L
Welcome back to my weekly series, Vocab 128, in which I sit down with pen and paper and write 128 words beginning with the same letter, in more or less the order that I think of them, before scanning the page and posting it here. The result is a flex of my vocabulary muscles, an… Continue reading
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How I go about solving a crossword puzzle
Of all the mundane things I do that seem to impress people, solving a crossword puzzle with a pen is among the most satisfying. Does it bother me when I get a word wrong, and have to scribble out a whole line of squares before writing in the correct letters in tiny, cramped corners? Not… Continue reading
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Vocab 128 Part 11: K
Welcome back to my weekly series, Vocab 128, in which I sit down with pen and paper and write 128 words beginning with the same letter, in more or less the order that I think of them, before scanning the page and posting it here. The result is a flex of my vocabulary muscles, an… Continue reading
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Sound or Meaning
I saw a post on Facebook recently, as one does. It wasn’t from anybody I followed, because these days most of the posts you see on social media don’t come from people you follow. That’s not the point, but I like to gripe about that fact every once in a while. I don’t want anybody… Continue reading
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Vocab 128 Part 10: J
Welcome back to my weekly series, Vocab 128, in which I sit down with pen and paper and write 128 words beginning with the same letter, in more or less the order that I think of them, before scanning the page and posting it here. The result is a flex of my vocabulary muscles, an… Continue reading
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