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So you want to ...

Do you want to write a book or choreograph a ballet? Can you envision your name in lights on a ..


The Valiant Ones – Dedicated to my mother

They are no longer young. They saw middle age receding in their rear view mirror many years ago. They are ..


Review; Atlas Shrugged: The Movie, Part I

I’ll start at the end, after the credits begin to scroll down the screen. When the lights in the theater ..


The Red Red Robin

My bird feeder is a banquet of visual delight. I sit at my desk, try to write a sentence, and ..


Wisdom – A fantasy

When I was very young, I thought about wisdom the way other children think about prince charming or castles in ..


First loves … first libraries

The way I see it, First Love can be broken down into two categories: Romantic love. Other. “Other” can include everything ..


Remembering Hazel & Ed

So, somebody grabs you by the elbow and tells you that a book written by a little old lady who ..


Thanksgiving Wish List

Usually on Thanksgiving, my thoughts go to the grandiose, like being grateful for perfect parents, or the incredible luck to ..


100 Voices: An Oral History of Ayn Rand

As I was reading the interviews in 100 Voices: An Oral History of Ayn Rand, lyrics from the Comden ..


Character Sketches # 2

When I was doing the job and living the life, I did not perceive Graphic Transformations as a bubbling caldron ..


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