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The Gods Beside Us (and in Our Mirrors)
[Image above depicts a representation of The Parthenon as it appears at a location in the Second Life virtual world/alternative universe/simulation/etc. Click the image for more information, including a link to the location itself.] From whiskey river: We find comfort only in another beauty, in others’ music, in the poetry of others. Salvation lies with [...]
Pushing Through
[Looking back through this post, I see that I've used the word "you" a lot in passages manifestly instructional or outright didactic, especially the last section -- as though barking orders at you, the reader. Not so: it's just me, talking to myself.] Moonrat, God bless ‘er, last week resurrected the Write Your A** Off [...]
Real-Life Dialogue
The scene: the living room of a rustic but solidly built house in Vermont, with a gorgeous view spread beneath and a Green Mountainside above. It is a summer morning, and the sun is still low but bright and cheerful. The Guest and The Erstwhile Missus are there at the invitation of D—, a colleague [...]