Category Archives: paying attention

Storytellers Inside the Story: Cormac McCarthy’s “The Crossing”

Posted on September 18, 2010 by randomyriad

I have been listening to a fine reading (by Alexander Adams) of Cormac McCarthy‘s  “The Crossing.” In it the Author uses different voices to comment on the nature of storytelling, good and evil, life and death, the value of art … Continue reading →

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What Light Was Doing In My Neighborhood Around Noon

Posted on August 18, 2010 by randomyriad

Today I went looking for light and found it making a spectrum of amazing colorsI found a swarm of bees as well. And, shadow was there too hanging about the edges and underneaths and laying around on the ground next … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts from an Unemployed Mind

Posted on August 15, 2010 by randomyriad

Late in the spring, one of my students set up this scene depicting his interpretation of Lummi Island. I appreciated it because I used to live there.  As I was going through the photos on my camera I found this … Continue reading →

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One More Sentence, Please, Dear Reader/Writer?

Posted on August 6, 2010 by randomyriad

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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A Little Cervantes and Some Short, Fuzzy Answers

Posted on August 2, 2010 by randomyriad

This morning I was feeling  sick and tired of filling out endless online applications that seemed like written job interviews. When I came across this quote in Lua’s very literary Blog. It made me feel like by just trying your … Continue reading →

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