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May 7, 2020

All over the world much-loved creatures split their seams and...



All over the world much-loved creatures split their seams and lose their stuffing. Rarely seen, however, is the “ghost stuffing” phenomenon—shown here sitting on a fence, judging the unseen world through vacant eyes. #ghostcat #ghosts #ghoststuffing #creepy (at Vancouver, British Columbia)

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Published on May 07, 2020 10:19

May 6, 2020

Trying to make a video, but only getting a selfie. #okboomer...



Trying to make a video, but only getting a selfie. #okboomer #selfie #authorlife (at Vancouver, British Columbia)

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Published on May 06, 2020 08:31

January 23, 2020

the home stretch

Added a little review to my book to see if it would trigger getting the cover added -- it worked!

The Home Stretch: A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About

The Home Stretch A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About by George K. Ilsley
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Published on January 23, 2020 16:03

August 23, 2019

The Home Stretch

The Home Stretch:

Beyond excited to see this on the Arsenal site, to appear solid in spring 2020

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Published on August 23, 2019 12:50

March 6, 2019

sentence of a lifetime


He was asking for memories, too young himself to know that memories were only memories of memories. 

Alan Hollinghurst (A Stranger’s Child)

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Published on March 06, 2019 10:13

June 6, 2018

sentence of the day

Men liked you because you were fun, and when they liked you they took you out, and there you were.

Dorothy Parker (Big Blonde)

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Published on June 06, 2018 10:00

December 15, 2017

sentence of the day

The high, thin nose was a little lonely, a little sad, but the bud of her lips opened and closed smoothly, like a beautiful little circle of leeches.

Yasunari Kawabata (Snow Country)

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Published on December 15, 2017 17:46

June 21, 2017

GRIN - William Trevor. Torridge - Do outsiders tell different stories?

GRIN - William Trevor. Torridge - Do outsiders tell different stories?:

Haven’t read much of William Trevor, but I would like to explore more of his quietly devastating little earthquakes.

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Published on June 21, 2017 11:38

May 29, 2017

October 18, 2016

sentence of the day

But the thing is that, in the end, we each must decide how comfortable we are with how much we hurt other people.

- Chris Abani (The Face: Cartography of the Void)

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Published on October 18, 2016 16:00