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Talisman
Beneath
… like my friend, it would be a naked declaration that I was committing myself to writing, that I had even created a … that then somehow seemed to both penetrate and then become these now-living spirits called characters. I would … years, painted blue and yellow, enclosing our initials in red. There are the two stones she gave me before we’d …
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Literary Tastes
… shells for her family and friends. That, I admire. I also admire Jean-Paul Sartre’s work, but I am, again, not so … 3 p.m., when you think that you’re about to fall into a coma. She also sneaked in one cup of strong but milky tea in … the popcorn has is offset by the unpronounceable ingredients of a topping that bills itself as “all natural.” …
Talisman
Begin Again
… or extract them from the dusty attics of our ancestors, accompanied by the compelling fantasy that they will make real and tangible, … from my chaise over to the desk where I don’t write reveals the following sad assortment: three rose quartz crystals …
Talisman
Talisman: Gregory Maguire
… “And the dreams that you’re scared to dream really might come true.” Maguire accepted the applause from his audience of one. He brought his thumb and forefinger—the … THE WEST Maguire spent just under $4,000 on the ad, which also offered a “$$$ CASH REWARD $$$” that he says could have …
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Nothing Helps
… and nerves. The machine-​gun bullet that a Sandinista soldier pulled from a bandolier draped around his torso and … something I attach a particular meaning to, though it has also stood atop my desk for many years. I like to see it … pounding, and witnessed succeeding generations of desktop computers and laptops; but mostly, from the start, he has …
Talisman
Reading Between the Lines
… daybooks rarely. But lately I have been perusing the annals of high school and college. I’m mortified! Most people … with my current reading.  June 5, 1961 Jerry Lewis, “Ladies Man”  Sartre, “Age of Reason”  July 14, 1961 “The … hill, was about to mess. After he done that he was ready to come back home. It wasn’t very windy but would cut you to …
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