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Quotes on Writing

(Robert Frost Place, Franconia, New Hampshire) General Quotes All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath. -F. Scott Fitzgerald Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. -Anne Lamott Starting to Write [Writing is] the art of applying … Continue reading

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Concise Diction = Truth

Washington Post headline: Trump is playing Russian roulette with Americans’ lives By Jennifer Rubin

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Remembering Faulkner’s Words

“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. ” … Continue reading

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Re. Trump’s “Cure” Quote

Indeed, the “cure” (large-scale sending people back to work) can be (much) worse than the “problem” (T’s narrowly perceived self-centered problem of selfish political self-survival in November election). Endangering personal health and those of others as well as risk of … Continue reading

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Corona Perspective:

Make no mistake. Letter/parcel carriers and truck drivers that are keeping North America going right now. All the delivery guys and gals bringing food, supplies and online orders.

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More American Nuttiness

and signs of spreading mental illness (in high places). Headline today: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: ‘Lots of Grandparents Willing to Die to Save Economy for Grandchildren’. A truly sick value, view, wild fantasy, and political agenda. Instead of: use … Continue reading

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U.S. Gun Stores Selling Out!

99% to first-time buyers, according to one owner. Must be getting ready for The Big American Shootout when social order breaks down Stateside.

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Memories of Memorizing Poetry

Walter de la Mare’s “Someone came knocking at my wee small door” in elementary school. In gr.7, my last round of Halloween in Winnipeg, an adult put me on the spot insisting I perform a “trick” as in “Trick or … Continue reading

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Even Cheaper

The AB gov’t. paying a paltry 20 bucks per patient to drs. for giving coronavirus responses on the new app. Insulting. Only in Kenney World.

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Cheap

Giving grocery cashiers an extra toonie per hour for risking their lives. Appallingly cheap. An insult.

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