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Hat Trick Plainsong, by Kent Haruf, 1999 Brother, I’m Dying, by Edwidge Danticat, 2007 The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich, 2020 Honorable Mention Civilization and its Discontents, by Sigmund Freud (trans. James Strachey), 1930 Foxtrot in Kandahar, by Duane Evans, 2017 Chasing the Light, by Oliver Stone, 2020 Please visit my website at www.randystark.com and
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“There is something out there. Astrology is like a game of chess with an invisible partner. We set out the board and the rules, make a move, and then find that the pieces are moving themselves, as if by an invisible hand.” —Noel Tyl Intriguing. – MZ
We had dropped someone off at the airport earlier in the evening and were just rolling through Los Angeles before heading home. Saw a bar that looked jumping, so we stopped. We are white and we are hetero. We discovered the bar we were walking into was black. And not only was it black, it
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Bitingly bold visionaries paired With a team on the ground And new ground rules. There’s Lilith from Lilith has Three Bboys. Perusing the Popol Vuh. She is so babe. Hongo, one of Lilith’s three bboys, Mr. Breathe Faster and Hope it Goes Away, Wakes bezaggled every choresy morning. There’s Leonardo de Capricorn
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IMO, astrology is more of a philosophy than an exact science. Science it may not be, yet completely dismissing ‘something’ that figures minutes and seconds in orb calculations seems to ignore a system that perhaps has more to offer than the shallow public perception of it. Astrology is what you make it. It can be
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MONEY The maestra found her mojo She jumped into his arms. He held her like a dollar sign. Iridescent hummingbirds bright red running shoes, green shorts, tee shirts in silver and gold Can you imagine? And sure enough Couldn’t tell you who, but wow. THAT WINDOW I hated that window. But I
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‘Rona riffs. The way it is now, according to Giorgio Agamben: “It is obvious that [people] are disposed to sacrifice practically everything — the normal conditions of life, social relationships, work, even friendships, affections, and religious and political convictions — to the danger of getting sick…Other human beings…are now seen solely as possible spreaders of
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Dear Readers, It would appear we may be in for a ‘revisit’ of previously-mentioned aspects for several weeks beginning with Christmas week and afterward. I wish to do some more calculations on these aspects, and will return to you with my observations before that time. Until then, remember to take deep breaths during the day
THE NEUROSURGEONS They really knew what they were doing. YOUR MUG ON THE SIDE OF A 53-FOOT TRAILER Being hauled down the highway. The definition of Facebook. COALITION OF THE WEALTHY In smugglers’ boats. LOWER BACK PAIN From hugging your refrigerator. VICTIM Super immunocompromised. THE
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