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A Clue To The Eternal Paradox Is Revealed
The time has come the walrus said to talk of my now-infamous Alice In Wonderland Birthday party. I was approximately seven years old when my mother started reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass to me at night … Continue reading
Beware Supervillains, My Nose Will Defeat You
By day, she is the mild mannered Madame Paradox, aspiring author. But at night, oh at night Ladies and Gentleman, a beast is unleashed. One with powers heretofore unheard of on this planet. For you see, deep in the superhero … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood memory, crazy foam, Creativity, hives, Humor, insomnia, inspiration, kryptonite, nose, Pearl S. Buck, quote, sensitivity, smell, storyteller, superhero, superpower, supervillain, tea rose perfume, underdog, wonder woman, writer
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Evolution, It’s Not Just For Dogs With Gas
Some of you may recall I mentioned our family dog Pepper and his digestive issues in an earlier post. Poor Pepper. As a puppy he was sick all the time until the vet determined he was born without the ability … Continue reading
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Tagged agent, Blizzard, blogging, bravery, childhood memory, dog food, dogs, end of year, evolution, fear, gas, Humor, New Year, New York City, novel, old jewish man, puppy, raisins, scottish terrier, Snow, Tigger, writer, writing
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A Xmas Tale Involving Chopsticks And Twitter
At age twelve I had the extraordinary privilege of going to Japan with my parents. In Tokyo, wall-to-wall bodies filled the city. Huge billboards and traffic abounded. It felt familiar somehow, a combination of battling the crowds to get a … Continue reading
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Tagged Agents, Authors, childhood memory, Chopsticks, Christmas, Editors, Family, Hashtags, Humor, Japan, Japanese cuisine, Kyoto, New Year's Eve, New York City, Social Media, Times Square, Tokyo, Travel, Twitter, UK, West Yorkshire, Window Shopping, Writers, Xmas
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My Safari Through The Asphalt Jungle
No matter the love hate relationship I may have with Manhattan it is, and shall always be, an exquisite place to be a writer. A place that cries out to be observed and catalogued for future explorations into the funny, … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, childhood memory, children, graffiti, Humor, Manhattan, Nail Salons, New York City, observations, Paul Lind, Playground, Rat, Subway, traffic, urban blight, Urban Dweller, writer
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My Bat-Shit-Insane Menagerie Of Truth – Revealed
I think the election season we just witnessed makes it pretty clear that life is surely stranger than fiction, wouldn’t you agree? Witches, Nazi reenactments, secret Muslims yes, it’s quite the bouillabaisse of absurdity bubbling in our country. But you … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising, Australian outback, Brownies, childhood memory, Dating, Donna Summer, Dracula, Fiction, Girl Scouts, H.R. Pufnstuff, Horror Movies, Humor, Lies, Mommy Shorts, Pierced Ears, Teenagers, Truth, Vampires, Wallpaper, writer
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Your Halloween Cauldron of Silliness
Halloween or Samhain was a celtic tradition. Villagers would gather to celebrate the change of seasons. A time they believed when the wall between the spirit and mortal worlds grew thin. A time when suburban mothers who couldn’t really sew, … Continue reading
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Tagged All Souls Day, Ashrita Furman, Bobbing for Apples, Celtic traditions, childhood memory, chocolate, Claptrap, Copacetic, Costumes, Divination, Fortune telling, Halloween, history, Humor, Mommy Shorts, Nutcrack Night, rituals, Samhain, Trick or Treat, world record, writer
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Writer Whacked in Effigy
A writer recalls an unusual and funny childhood memory involving bats and an oversized pinata in the shape of her head. Continue reading
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