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Let this be a Warning
Oh mighty Ozymandias!
There are SO many statues in NYC.
This isn’t about statues.
Though come to think of it, “statues” is also a game; a very old game.
This happened while I was playing Cranium, a different very old game, with a frien...
Why do you write?
Salutations!
I have seen so many of these that I don’t even know where this one is…Cleveland, I think? (Hahaha “I think”! )
The Thinker is one of the earliest statues I could identify. I knew it was by Rodin and I loved it (still do). I h...
A Future in Plastics
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson:
Today we are talking about plastics.
Specifically, the plastic encasing case estrogen meds. I took these for decades and the package originally was a pink plastic circle, then evolved into a rectangul...
This is Best Blog Post You Will Ever Read
Hey there sunshine!
Sometimes it’s the little things that bring us joy. This tiny little magnet was on a door in an otherwise very boring NYC hallway. The magnet is the size of a thumbnail. And there was another a few doors down - on an ap...
Why is anyone still writing? (an answer)
Thoughts on Paris and the Creative Life
It is 6am and I have been back from Paris for less than five hours. I have slept, tidied messes I thought would right themselves, and mostly tossed and turned in my bed, wondering at the greater mean...
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Writer of random madness, joy, and despair who seeks enlightenment through irony: I founded Pen Parentis to help other parents finish their writing projects--come closer, I'll surprise you. (more at mmdevoe.com)
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