Category Archives: Other peoples words

Dream A Big Dream: A Book I Wish I Had Written

As soon as I saw the illustration and read the words, I loved this book. I haven’t even seen a hard copy yet, but it is the kind of thing the world needs. You can read it here. I think … Continue reading

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Aranansi #18:The Road and The Prairie Night

June 13, 2010, 11:36 I came up through a square hole in a sidewalk. “Everything is surrounded by the prairie night!” The ecstatic voice came from the starry sky over a night street, flat and straight disappearing into utter blackness. … Continue reading

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Lighting a Fire for the Future

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ~ William Butler Yeats I am done with filling pails. There is no joy in filling pails. Lighting fires is bright work that inspires the teacher … Continue reading

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Aranansi #5: Walk on the Wild Side

January 18, 2010, 15:48 “Where am I going? It can only be the end of the world.” Arthur Rimbaud Sometimes I get the urge to walk out on the wild edges of the city. Yesterday afternoon was one of those … Continue reading

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One More Sentence, Please, Dear Reader/Writer?

The reader! You, dogged, uninsultable, print-oriented bastard, it’s you I’m addressing, who else, from inside this monstrous fiction. You’ve read me this far, then? Even this far? For what discereditable motive? How is it you don’t go to a movie, … Continue reading

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