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Summer Hours

August 9, 2024 / , , ,
What is a summer for? This question is reminiscent of a series of questions Mary Oliver asks in her famous poem “The Summer Day”: “Tell me, what else should I have done?/ Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?/ Tell me, what is it you plan to do with
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The Thing With Teeth

June 21, 2024 / , , ,
What is it that’s biting into you? Covid, Covid is the thing that’s sunk its jaws into my flank, that’s shaking me like a rag doll and refusing to let go. The thing I want to bite into: new short stories to be written. On the edge of the Sahara
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The House of Dreams

May 16, 2024 / , ,
The House of Dreams The house of dreams is a place we seek that also seeks us. Once you step inside, you won’t want to leave—but know there is no returning. Fear is the main reason most people won’t arrive there. They don’t believe that they can. You will know
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The Word I Don’t Use Anymore

March 2, 2024 / , , , ,
Published as an Op-ed in the Toronto Star, Saturday, February 24th, 2024: “One Commonly Used Word We Need to Release into the Abyss of History” https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/one-commonly-used-word-we-need-to-release-into-the-abyss-of-history/article_995dc748-d042-11ee-8cb5-df145c3cbe26.html Twenty years ago, the ‘R’ word (“retard”) was used prolifically on school playgrounds, on the radio in people’s homes, and even during work meetings.
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