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On This Side of Dreaming – a short short story
In my dream, I was in the real world. And in the real world I knew it was a dream. A dream that I had grown tired of, so I thought I should wake up. I wanted to wake up, and for one long moment I fear… more →
The Boredom Void
On This Side of Dreaming - a short short story
wrote 2 months ago: In my dream, I was in the real world. And in the real world I knew it was a dream. A dream that I ha … more →
What is a Puerto Rican?
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wrote 9 months ago: Another gem from my Dad. This one is a description of Puerto Ricans made by Gabriel Garcia Marquez w … more →
The Importance of the Ñ in Spanish
wrote 10 months ago: My dad sent me this a list of words whose meaning changes completely between ‘ñ’ and … more →
Film Studios According to Bradbury
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wrote 11 months ago: I just finished reading Ray Bradbury’s A Graveyard For Lunatics, and can’t help but shar … more →
Barrie's Utopia?
wrote 11 months ago: For some time now I have been thinking about the meaning of ‘Neverland’ and why a place … more →
Poetry Can Make Anything Beautiful - Another Serrat/Simon Lesson
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wrote 1 year ago: I like to pretend that I am a poet, but even in my playacting I have to defer to those poets who hav … more →
Wicker Chairs and Memories
wrote 1 year ago: [Another entry from my old files, this one an internal exploration of a line from a song I've loved … more →
"Borges and I" by Jorge Luis Borges
wrote 1 year ago: [I just read this magnificent piece which reminded me of the entry I wrote sometime last week, altho … more →
Give Me the Old, the Old Horses of the Merry-Go-Round
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wrote 1 year ago: I was looking up the etymology of the Spanish word ‘tiovivo’, which is another word for … more →
Fanfiction Study
wrote 1 year ago: This is a quick study I conducted between yesterday and today. For referential purposes I should pro … more →
Cat Tales: A Rambling on Superstition Written in Under 3 Hours
wrote 1 year ago: What is it about ‘cats’ that is so mysterious and compelling? Needless to say, they’ve been the obje … more →
On the Right to Make Statements
wrote 1 year ago: I stumbled, as I am wont to do, upon this grain of truth today, and as I state it I realize that I a … more →
In Order To Survive: A very short but true story
wrote 1 year ago: [Author's Note: I normally wouldn't post my short stories on my blog, but this one is so small and i … more →
What Serrat and Simon Taught Me
wrote 1 year ago: Today I was answering some online surveys and I put some music on to pass the time. I opened Windows … more →
Fanfiction Observations
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wrote 1 year ago: What follows is not so much a rant as an observation. For the past couple of years I have been meani … more →
Meaning from the Snark
wrote 1 year ago: Lewis Carroll is certainly one of the most famous authors of the 19th century, but he is also one of … more →
No, I won't just shut up and enjoy it!
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wrote 1 year ago: Note: this was written (and posted at half past twelve at night) as a piece for a new feminist-minde … more →
Why my English lecturer doesn't get Toni Morrison
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wrote 1 year ago: One of my university courses this semester is called Literary Classics: Texts and Tradition. It’s re … more →
