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    Talk Talk

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    Conversations. Sometimes it’s too much, sometimes too little, formal, informal, clumsy, artificial, with another word: difficult. Let’s practice, Shall we? #253 Someone is on the bus. The guy beside them fidgets the whole time with an irritating tinkling bangle while telling them, it seems, their entire life story, including very personal things. It’s time to pop in the earbuds. When it’s time to get off the bus, the talker has disappeared and the strange bangle is now on th
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 19 Nov

November 19th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Obadiah (Eastern Catholic Church) Raphael Kalinowski Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician November 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Russia, Belarus) Flag Day (Brazil) Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize) International Men's
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 18 Nov

November 18th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Abhai of Hach (Syriac Orthodox Church) Alphaeus and Zacchaeus Barulas Constant Dedication of Saints Peter and Paul Elizabeth of Hungary (Church of England)[32] Juthwara Mabyn (Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism) The main day of the Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chin
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Blog

Faking It

The chapter I'm currently writing has this scene. It's a scene with a therapist and her client, and I am trying to portray her as clever, caring, and deeply insightful. I mean far more insightful than I could ever be. And let me tell you, that's tricky business. So I'm faking it. I get the luxury of time, while she has to deal with someone sitting across from her, and she is having to think on her feet. What takes me writing and rewriting, and hours of thought, she does in moments. I g
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 17 Nov

November 17th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece) Christian feast days: Acisclus Aignan of Orleans Elizabeth of Hungary Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church) Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church) Gregory Thaumaturgus Hilda of Whitby Hugh of Lincoln November 17 (Eastern Ort
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 16 Nov

November 16th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Africus Agnes of Assisi Edmund of Abingdon Elfric of Abingdon Eucherius of Lyon Gertrude the Great (Roman Catholic Church) Giuseppe Moscati Gobrain Hugh of Lincoln Margaret of Scotland Matthew the Evangelist (Eastern Christianity) Othmar
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 15 Nov

November 15th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) America Recycles Day (United States) Christian feast day: Abibus of Edessa Albert the Great Blessed Caius of Korea Didier of Cahors Francis Asbury and George Whitefield (Episcopal Church) Blessed Hugh Faringdon Leopold III, a public holiday in Lower Austria and Vienna. Malo Mechell
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 14 Nov

November 14th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment (Guinea-Bissau) Children's Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru (previously on November 20). (India) Christian feast day: Alberic of Utrecht All Saints of the Carmelites All Souls of the Benedictine family Barlaam of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church) Dubricius (Dyfrig, or Devereux)
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Writing Stories

True As It Can Be Epilogue is Now Live- Author Notes

The Epilogue is now live, here are some notes: Thanks again for all the readers -Not everything is perfect in the world, good people have to continually struggle, but I wanted to leave a sense of progression -We met Mr. and Mrs. Brooks for the first time, they are very down-to-earth people with personal touches. I wanted them to act as foils to Gaston family -Gary Gaston isn't the only member of his family with a cruel streak, remember the sister I mentioned from Chapter 9, I
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 13 Nov

November 13th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Agostina Livia Pietrantoni Brice of Tours Didacus (Diego) of Alcalá Eugenius II of Toledo Frances Xavier Cabrini Homobonus John Chrysostom (Eastern Orthodox, Repose) Quintian of Rodez Saints of the Benedictine family Saints of the Premonstratensian Order
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 12 Nov

November 12th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. (Republic of China) Christian feast day: Arsatius Astrik (or Anastasius) of Pannonhalma Cumméne Fota Cunibert Emilian of Cogolla Imerius of Immertal Josaphat Kuntsevych (Roman Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church) Lebuinus (Liafwine)
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 11 Nov

November 11th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Bhutan) Children's Day (Croatia) Christian feast day: Bartholomew of Grottaferrata Martin of Tours (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances. Menas Mercurius (Coptic) Søren Kierkegaard (Lutheran Church) Theodore the Studite November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturg
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 10 Nov

November 10th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Adelin of Séez Áed mac Bricc Andrew Avellino Baudolino Elaeth Grellan Justus Lübeck martyrs Pope Leo I Theoctiste Tryphena of Rome November 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Cry of Independence Day (Panama) Day of Remem
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Writing Stories

True As It Can Be Chapter 20 is Now Live- Author Notes

Chapter 20 is now live, here are some author's notes -I left a bunch of Easter eggs throughout the story, the lack of cameras at handicapped entrances, the trip to New Hampshire, and so on. Well, it all pays off in the chapter -Some readers will be asking, "Cats? Why are they torturing cats?", there was a few news articles about college kid torturing cats and I saw the Netflix documentary "Don't Mess with Cats", so I went there. Also, it is quite true that cats are killed by pounds, es
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 09 Nov

November 9th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal (Pakistan) Christian feast day: Benignus of Armagh Dedication of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, Cathedral of the Pope (memorial feast day) Margery Kempe (Church of England) Martin Chemnitz (Lutheran) Nectarios of Aegina[36] Theodore of Amasea (Roman Catholic Church) Virgin of Almudena
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The Hazards of Love

There's this album by "The Decemberists", and it's called The Hazards of Love. The first time I heard it, I didn't know it was an epic. It's a story, and it's told from song one to seventeen, in order. The title fits as well as a tailored glove. It's not all good, and it even ends in ... well, nevermind. I'll let you listen to find out. Regardless, a couple of days ago, I had this scene slam into my head. If you want to read the unedited, raw scene, it's here. In it, we watch someone s
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 08 Nov

November 8th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity (Roman Catholic Church) Four Crowned Martyrs Godfrey of Amiens Johann von Staupitz (Lutheran) Blessed John Duns Scotus Saints and Martyrs of England (Church of England) Tysilio Willehad of Bremen November 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 07 Nov

November 7th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: All Dominican Saints and Blesseds Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (Lutheran) Engelbert II of Berg Herculanus of Perugia John Christian Frederick Heyer (Lutheran) Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen (Lutheran) Prosdocimus Vicente Liem de la Paz (one of Vietnamese Martyrs) Willibrord Nov
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Writing Stories

True As It Can Be Chapter 19 is Now Live- Author Notes

Chapter 19 is now live, here are some author's notes -Well, Sammy turned out to be very helpful. In addition to being an upperclassman, barista, and bartender at night, he's got an unique background. -I got the inspiration for this scene at Keller Hall from a combination of real-world events. A concept from the "January 6th" insurrection/riot in Washington DC was logistically how I organized the mob and invasion force within Chapter 19. The most violent groups relied on non-aligned gro
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 06 Nov

November 6th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Barlaam of Khutyn[149] Demetrian[150] Illtud[151] Leonard of Noblac[152] Melaine of Rennes[153] Winnoc[154] November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Gustavus Adolphus Day[155] (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia) Finnish Swedish Heritage Day[156][157] (in Finland) International Da
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 05 Nov

November 5th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: All Jesuit Saints and Blesseds Domninus Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist Galation Guido Maria Conforti Magnus November 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Bank Transfer Day (United States) Colón Day (Panama) Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland a
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 04 Nov

November 4th - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Charles Borromeo (Roman Catholic Church) Emeric of Hungary Felix of Valois Joannicius the Great Our Lady of Kazan (Russian Orthodox Church) Pierius Blessed Teresa Manganiello Vitalis and Agricola November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Community Service Day (Domin
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First Anthology Entry in Years: Spirited Holiday Engagement

So like my current novel-length story True As It Can Be, I want to share some thoughts about the story I submitted for the Fall 2021 Anthology: -I had a wild idea of trying an unusual combination of story elements: a. A western holiday story with a gay wedding  b. A funerary rites exploration with commentary on little known details involved in Taoist funeral practices. c. I also wanted to write a ghost story that starts off heavy with melancholy, but ends lighter with potent
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