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/Growth reveals what's next.
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…might that be? We may imagine we know. We don’t. Nonetheless, many look forward to every new thing with happy anticipation. I can understand such expectation in children for…
By K. L. Shipley
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Late At Night
/…night when sleep is far off, pictures of lost creatures precess through my mind. Not a fond memory is found, just dead images of those whom I rarely think of consciously though I…
By Buckspinster
Read MoreIn the Gloaming
/Meaning is important, but so too is insinuation and association.
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…many say, "in the gloaming", these days. Too bad. Gloaming is a fine old Scottish word for twilight, with a poetically mystical cadence in its very pronunciation. Glowing and gloaming are linguistic…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe Mad Tea Party
/Move down, move…
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….felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreDifferently Able
/Aunt Maxine never heard…
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…Aunt Maxine has lived her whole life in the simple straightforward manner of children, animals and saints. She is without guile or artifice. She says what she thinks, and she means what…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreBeautiful Fraud
/It was almost too good to be true.
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In 1894 a mysterious collection of erotic poems was published in Paris. They were presented as work…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreForbidden Dreams
/…dreams of nuns tell a truth we will never know about ourselves, the builders of Stonehenge. They are the desires that lurk in a secret place that we all share but never discuss…
By Buckspinster
Read MoreSorry. . .
/Forgiveness is the…
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…is a saying much abused - Never apologize. Never explain. A more useful version might be - Always apologize. Never explain. How many times have you heard someone say…
By K. L. Shipley
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