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I'll tell you a story in pictures

nightbirds wrote 3 weeks ago: Right outside my patio lies a swarm of color I find greens nearby, but they’re smaller than th … more →

Tags: cactus, narrative by picture, Photoblog, Plants, rain, sacramento rain, winter

Theory on a Weekend Morning

nightbirds wrote 1 month ago:   I’m sitting over a stack of two fat course readers, the top one open to “The Firs … more →

show vs. tell: or, pictionary for novelists15 comments

Amy Bai wrote 2 months ago: Don’t tell it, show it. One of the first pieces of advice I got when I started on this crazy r … more →

Tags: Action, Book reports, Cliff's Notes, description, Dialogue, Narrative Summary, Pictionary, scene setting, show vs. tell

My internal monologue about Jason Bay6 comments

squizz wrote 4 months ago: The other night on Prime Time Sports (I know, I know…), as the topic of Alex Rios’s depa … more →

Tags: Alex Rios, Jason Bay, Sioux City Gonorrhea Peddlers

Free thoughts, no penny

nightbirds wrote 9 months ago: Blinking lights and piercing rings: sensory overload. Add people mulling aimlessly between machines, … more →

Tags: Sacramento, "Peanut Butter and Jelly", Red Hawk Casino, Memories, looking for greater meaning, cherished memories, the writer I am, photography as outlet, Cleaning the Bathroom

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xhannay wrote 10 months ago: Here I go again with another late night/early morning ramble. It’s rapidly approaching one am. … more →

Tags: Tired, Rambling

Thoughts on a rainy day1 comment

nightbirds wrote 10 months ago: This mood I’m in makes me want to write poetry. The dark kind, with angst and no rhymes. It … more →

Tags: Wanting, Feeling Stuck, rain, poetry in the rain, Roads, following whims, I-405, Irvine, Sacramento

False Start

Plumpy's Ghost wrote 1 year ago: I started a post a moment ago which began as a commentary on one of my favorite speeches (by David F … more →

Tags: Towering Intellect, School, Education, sike naw, Student Performance, David Foster Wallace, Learning Disabilities

Riding the storm out, Pt. 5: Back in the N.O.L.A., with a little help from Tom Scharpling

barryfest wrote 1 year ago: On Saturday, September 6 at approximately 10:45 pm local time I made it back to New Orleans after a … more →

Tags: Scott Bakula Telephone, Listen to this, Women Be Shoppin', So So New Orleans, Riding the Storm Out, Electric Light Orchestra, Meridian, Richmond, NYC

Droplets of stories.

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Almost home.

leigh wrote 1 year ago: Farewell, land of wheat products and cold food. I can’t believe how much I’ve missed foo … more →

I need a title. Help.

leigh wrote 1 year ago: I wrote this poem in 1996, put it up on my old blog, and rereading it now, eyelids heavy with a week … more →

Do you ever have those moments when

leigh wrote 1 year ago: you’re sideswiped by possibility? … more →

What's up with the yoyo?2 comments

leigh wrote 1 year ago: I bought a yoyo in the same week I read Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind. I bought the book two … more →

Tags: YoYo

How Could This Happen to me?

Bretty wrote 1 year ago: I have recently made a film which had this as the basis of the script. Although the film can be foun … more →

Tags: Stories, short, Horror

Sometimes I want fire and brimstone

iamnotabiv wrote 1 year ago: Haven’t been able to sleep much tonight, since I’ve been having nightmares about how hor … more →

Tags: Theology, hell, Faith

Happy Havarti.

leigh wrote 1 year ago: I like cheese. Roquefort, raclette, havarti, emmental and good old cheddar make me happy. Actually, … more →

Tags: havarti, coke zero

Waking up very slowly.

leigh wrote 1 year ago: Thinking about one thing (and the many things that come with it) for three weeks straight nudges you … more →

Tags: advertising

Sleep deprivation

leigh wrote 1 year ago: has robbed me of punctuation … more →


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