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IN A NEW YAWK MINUTE

Waking up to the 75th stunning, clear-blue, cloudless, 60 degree morning in a row last Saturday, Mr. Man and I shared a monumental moment of inspiration… That’s when great minds that have lived together for over three decades whoa! in separate … Continue reading

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BA DUM TSS!

There are some things that I am not willing to share, like the road when there’s no guard rail to keep me from ending up at the bottom of a three thousand foot gorge, a bowl of Häagen-Daz cookies and cream, and … Continue reading

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WEDDING BELLS ARE GONNA CHIME

She said, “Yes!” Holy schlamoly! My baby girl is getting married! Where did the time go? It seems like only yesterday, uh, last week, last month a short while ago that I had been asked the same question –  This is where the picture gets all … Continue reading

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THE GOLEM OF DOUBT

A golem is a monster – a shapeless creature made of earth – a hefty, hulking blob conjured into existence from a dimension seldom visited by human beings except, perhaps, in our nightmares. Once it has been called into this … Continue reading

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THE CLASH OF TWO CHALLENGES

Liesl wielded the cumbersome wand over the ancient cauldron with the agility of a lumberjack felling a sapling. Dwarfed by the knotted rod’s size, it was obvious why the young girl’s name had been first shortened to little Elisabeth, then … Continue reading

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2013 in Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. They’ll be rewarded with a bunch of bananas, but you my readers, have my deepest thanks and a boatload of hugs! Happy New Year everyone. I wish … Continue reading

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‘TIS a ‘TWAS

‘Twas the night I decided to write a ‘twas poem, One week before Christmas when no one was home. But for dream entrenched hounds, their paws all a’twitch, The house was as still as the warts on a witch.  I … Continue reading

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THE SWORD IN THE LAMP

Today, the saber wielding mad scientist from my childhood dream of becoming a heroic do-gooder has been awakened from its decades long slumber in the depths of my sub-conscious mind by a lamp. Yes, a lamp. Not the genie in … Continue reading

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FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

Bells—the different types of bells and associations we make with their tolling are probably as numerous as the number of people on the planet. There’s the light, yet insistent tinkle of the come-hither-and-pour-me-a-cup-of-tea-this-instant ding—the monotonous, yet crisp clank-of-a-clapper-striking-thick-brass-accompanied-by-the-droning-fog-horn dong—the musical, … Continue reading

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ALAS, ‘TIS A BUMMER

Forsooth, ’twas an immensely sad day for the girls and me, for upon this wet and blustery day, surely a mirror of our sorrow, it has become more than apparent that our knight in plush fleece and khakis, Sir-Walks-A-Lot, and his band of merry … Continue reading

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