Category Archives: Telling Stories

Aranansi #1: Another World of Words

Posted on August 23, 2010 by randomyriad

I have been posting a series of dream stories on another blog, but since I started this blog as an experiment in including all my explorations in all my worlds, inside and outside of me. I feel that I should … 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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It’s Not the Words that Count

Posted on June 8, 2010 by randomyriad

“It’s not the words that count but the rush of truth which uses words for its purposes; as a virtuoso performing on his instrument may use any combination of the notes within a beat (the word) but it is the … Continue reading →

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Learning to Walk Back in My Shadows of Truth

Posted on May 31, 2010 by randomyriad

“I’ve got to learn to walk back to the shadows of truth” — Jack Kerouac, journals 11/47 This is what I want to do as writer. There is no way to tell “The Truth” because there is only subjective truth, … Continue reading →

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“Auschwitz is not only behind us.”

Posted on October 24, 2009 by randomyriad

“Auschwitz must be comprehended in the context of its historical past, be recognized when it happens in the present, and not be ruled out blindly for the future.” Gunter Grass “A Father’s Difficulties in Explaining Auschwitz to His Children” “My … Continue reading →

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