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Tis but my name
When I was 16, many thousands of years ago, I changed my name in my head and with any new people I met to Jyllian/Jyll...
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A woman of seven and twenty
A woman of seven and twenty,said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again.”
~~Jane Austen
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Twas the Old Road
With this last birthday the thought I'd been shoving to the very back of my mind became too large to ignore. And it is interesting...
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If we live long enough
It seems trivial perhaps, but to me, an interesting triviality.
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Washing the sand with my ghostly tears
The Lion and the Cobra by Sinéad O'Conner is being played on my turntable right now. It seems fitting. My second copy, I wore one...
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Self Medicating
verb self-med· i· cate ?self-?me-di-?k?t self-medicated; self-medicating; self-medicates 1 transitive : to treat (something) by self-medication people who attempt to self-medicate depression 2 intransitive : to treat oneself by self-medication I ran out of...
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nos·tal·gia
a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. What happens when the song comes up on Spotify. 10th grade- Blue...
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The Building’s identity
Does this shit ever end? Do we just keep crossing the identity bridge over and over-adjusting and readjusting, putting on and taking off all the hats?
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Once again, Democracy is on the line
America is full up with insanity. I'm beyond shocked and disgusted at what was beneath the surface of what I thought was a basically good...
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Some of us think holding on
makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. ~Herman Hesse It's been, as they say, a journey. And I'm standing in the doorway, crossing...
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Everything has been figured out
except how to live--Sartre Loooong time no write. First a dead mother and a last ever visit with the sister. Then a pandemic. Then a...
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The Dead Weight of Time
Listening: Fields of the Nephilim, Moonchild It's been...well eventful. I don't think I can even go into the nearly a year? a Year? since I've...
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photos
Not artistry, snapshots. Of cats and kids and where we used to live in Fayetteville, AR