Category Archives: Telling Stories

Now is the Time for Telling True Stories

Posted on April 13, 2023 by randomyriad
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Video: “The Tub” by Amy Hempel (with text)

Posted on March 25, 2023 by randomyriad

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOEdTowESIY&t=2s My heart – I thought it stopped. So I got in my car and headed for God. I passed two churches with cars parked in front. Then I stopped at the third because no…

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A Machine for Making Falsehoods

Posted on February 14, 2023 by randomyriad

The difficulties of being honest and being truly known Quotes from Under the Net by Iris Murdoch “I hate solitude, but I’m afraid of intimacy. The substance of my life is a private conversation with myself which to turn into … Continue reading →

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Tarot Journal #46: XIX The Sun

Posted on August 7, 2022 by randomyriad

A Moment in The Sun I sat in my car lounging with my feet propped on the open driver’s side door in the Trader Joe’s parking lot and crunched sesame crackers and sipped tangerine juice. Watching the people on foot … Continue reading →

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Tarot Journal #44: Six of Disks (success)/ The Lovers/6 of Wands (Victory)/Son of Flames/Ace of Cups (Beauty)/Ten of Swords/XIV Temperence

Posted on August 4, 2022 by randomyriad

Approaching the Threshold My need to be alone is balanced against my fear of what will happen when suddenly I enter the huge empty silence if I cannot find support there. I go up to Heaven and down to Hell … Continue reading →

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