Category Archives: thinking in words

As I Come Upon a New Year

Posted on December 28, 2014 by randomyriad

I have been reading through my notes and scribblings from this almost finished year and, as I have done in the past, I am editing and framing with an intent to hang them up for viewing. I am always at least … Continue reading →

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65 million years away

Posted on October 12, 2014 by randomyriad

God is 65 million years away. Looking into a telescope at earth, he sees dinosaurs. EJ Koh: from the poem “Pledge of Elegance” I don’t know exactly what she means by this but today, when I read it, my mind … Continue reading →

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Working My Way Back to Wonder

Posted on September 15, 2014 by randomyriad

I have been pulling myself out of a dark place for the last two years which I fell into after the end of my marriage. I have been depressed and angry for much of that time and behind that there … Continue reading →

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We Are All Strangers, We Are All Learning to Be Human: Short Fiction by Miranda July

Posted on February 17, 2014 by randomyriad

I just finished reading “No one belongs here more than you” by Miranda July. These stories, written in a naïve style much like Richard Brautigan but with Raymond Carver’s perceptive gaze, are about the desperation and exasperation of isolated human beings, as … Continue reading →

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Stumbing Over This and Landing On That

Posted on February 2, 2014 by randomyriad

For the last year and who knows how long before I have been floundering around trying to figure out what the heck I will do with the chunk of life, I have left to live here in the wilderness of … Continue reading →

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