I WILL REMEMBER YOUR NAME!
cindyphillips Irene Cara is dead. According to the New York Times, “Cara died at her home in Largo, Florida, on November 25, 2022, at the age of 63. As of late…
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MARROW BONES AND GRACE
FOR WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE I HAD LUNCH WITH FRIENDS RECENTLY, AND – AS A SPECIAL TREAT FOR ME – THEY SERVED MARROW BONES AS A STARTER. I…
KING HINTSA’S EARS, AND THE KEI MOUTH RONDAVELS WHERE LOUIS TRICHARDT PROBABLY PLANTED THE FIRST WEED.
KING HINTSA’S EARS, AND THE KEI MOUTH RONDAVELS WHERE LOUIS TRICHARDT PROBABLY PLANTED THE FIRST WEED. A friend asked me yesterday, in response to my claim to often reading the…
THE MOST CALLOUS ACT IN THE HISTORY OF EMPIRE
Continued, Please click here to read Part One. This article is largely extracted from the text of the late Tessa King’s address to the West Rand GSSA in 2005. The…
UTOPIA IS JUST TRANSCENDENTALISM WITH A RELIABLE CONSTABULARY
One must read books twice, once to chase the plot and then slowly, to enjoy the writer’s craft. I read my favourite books three times or more, because from the…
HOW TO KILL YOUR DARLINGS, PART 1
SIDESTEPPING THE EDITOR’S BRAIN I recently watched LONGREADS Episode 331 of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast by Brendan O’Meara, in which he interviews The Atavist editor Jonah Ogles and writer/editor-in-chief Seyward…
STREAMING A SUNDAY STOMP DOWN MEMORY LANE
They are burying the Queen in London on Monday. In Bathurst I won’t be able to live stream proceedings in London, because Her Royal Highness’ grandfather caused the dismal legacy…
PRAYER AND THE CAT AS A METAPHOR FOR GRATITUDE, POET OF THE WEEK
Shabbat Shalom, and with immense gratitude for fortitude and friendship through a difficult week, here is an introduction to a new poet for me. I have been thinking about how…
WHO WAS VINCENT?
Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country’s blood. Th’ applause of…
PRAYING
Praying by Mary Oliver It doesn’t have to bethe blue iris, it could beweeds in a vacant lot, or a fewsmall stones; justpay attention, then patch a few words together…