fairy tale
May 29, 2009
- There are supposedly only two stories in the world. Someone goes on a journey and a stranger comes to town. Postmodern fiction has added two variations on these stories. Someone doesn’t go on a journey(for e.g. No Exit, by Sartre), and a stranger doesn’t come to town (Waiting for Godot, by Beckett). Happily--for many of us-- baseball is the classic fairy tale of someone who does go ...
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February 15, 2009
- The Beautiful Dress, I borrowed My nine-year-old daughter and I lived in our apartment for almost two years before I met my future husband. I wanted to meet someone. It was four years since the great sorrow of my husband and my mother’s death. I was ready now, in the way that I was feeling whole again. (More together than I ever felt before.) And it was because I managed life on ...
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December 21, 2008
- I love this Judith Viorst poem. It seems particularly suited to the season of too-much-punch holiday parties. It's from If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries: Poems for Children and Their Parents (Judith Vorst (author), Lynne Cherry (illustrator), Aladdin, 1984)...And Then the Prince Knelt Down and Tried to Put the Glass Slipper on Cinderella's FootI really didn't notice that he ...
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December 3, 2008
- The Boy's Festival was coming, and as was the custom, the local merchants would choose among all the boys in the village as to who would fly the big kites. Tomo-san was very excited about this and went to tell Mokubei about it who smiled and wished the boy luck. "I have to run along now because I want to practice for the kite flying contest,” Tomo-san said. “I will watch the older boys ...
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November 16, 2008
- One day, a mighty warrior passed through the village on his way to do battle in a neighboring province. He was dressed in the finest armor and carried the best of weapons. He had a real bad attitude though; he was arrogant and had no respect for anyone he thought was lesser than he. The warrior walked with a contemptuous sneer on his face and disrespect in his heart for everyone he met.Along the ...
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June 1, 2008
- When I started out in the book business, publishing meant a serious investment of money as well as time. A small press run was several thousand dollars -- simply printing a book or two wasn't feasible without enormous cost (set-up for 1 book or for 1,000 books on a large press takes the same amount of work). Of course, today, you can experiment with a small runs via tools like Lulu. Even more ...
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