A story for those of us, who prefer standard time... Once upon a time there was an hour. The hour was born – of course – in an hour glass and was raised by its loving parents Month and Week, as well as by siblings and relatives connected to greater and lesser time units. It … Continue reading Story Time Sunday on Monday — March 10th, 2014, “The Story of an Hour”
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Midweek mini-meditation: when the truth is stranger than fiction (and is also violent, dark, and is a videogame). March 5th 2014
Dear Friends of the Magical, the Surprising, the Weird and the Real: Over here at Magically Real HQ, we keep an eye out for the thing that sparks us -- the thing that makes us want to think, write, talk, and make work. Also teach. Also speak out when necessary. Also do laundry. We are … Continue reading Midweek mini-meditation: when the truth is stranger than fiction (and is also violent, dark, and is a videogame). March 5th 2014
Story Time Sunday, a true tale 02/23/14 (appropriate for all ages)
Remember how clunky they were? Heavy? How you had to have stout shoes to even attempt them? Not loafers, because they’d just pop off your feet carrying the weight of those wheels and those heavy clamps that fit around your toes. The ones that needed the key, and you had to have the key with … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, a true tale 02/23/14 (appropriate for all ages)
Midweek meditation: Israel/Palestine and the 2 (at least) Los Angeles’s
Dear Friends: I returned last night from a 2-week trip to Israel and Palestine. We spent a Jewish Sabbath in an orthodox town development that is part of an older city that works rather like a suburb to Jerusalem (kind of the Long Beach to Los Angeles [no, it’s not a settlement]), and I went … Continue reading Midweek meditation: Israel/Palestine and the 2 (at least) Los Angeles’s
Story Time Sunday, 02/09/14: 14 and 2 — a semi-true fairy tale
Once upon a time there were 14 architects. They lived in a new country and spoke a new language invented by linguistics scientists in a secret desert laboratory. The scientists worked with teeth sounds and tongue sounds and found the perfect words to go with the human mouth and then they came out and taught … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, 02/09/14: 14 and 2 — a semi-true fairy tale
Sunday speculations (disjointed), February 2, 2014: Here’s what we [don’t] talk about when we talk about Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Woody Allen
Dear Friends of the Unreal -- Today is a very strange day. Superbowl fever rages, while: a. an amazingly talented young actor was found in his Village apartment, dead from an overdose of heroin. b. a scandal/controversy rages (sort of) around a well known New York filmmaker. Words spew forth, and here I am spewing … Continue reading Sunday speculations (disjointed), February 2, 2014: Here’s what we [don’t] talk about when we talk about Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Woody Allen
story time sunday, january 26th 2014
a simple tale: once upon a time she had a very nice time with a young lady whom she loved very much. they ate the omelettes, and discussed the topics, and went to the stores, and came back to the houses and watched the televisions. and thought the thoughts. or perhaps they didn't think any … Continue reading story time sunday, january 26th 2014
Storytime Sunday, 01/05/14 — Grimm Brothers reboot, #5
This king is crazy. He has to have this and he has to have that. He had me, his servant, find the key so he could unlock the door to the secret room and he had to see the portrait of the girl dressed in gold and then he had to go get the girl … Continue reading Storytime Sunday, 01/05/14 — Grimm Brothers reboot, #5
pardon our dust while we make closure
dear magically real friends -- There's alot of verbiage circulating out there about "making closure." What doesn't get said or written about is how time-comsuming making closure actually is. So.... this blog will be on hiatus for the next 5 weeks, as that packing of up boxes and the clearing of spaces -- actual, virtual, … Continue reading pardon our dust while we make closure
Story Time Sunday on Wednesday 10/16: Taraxacum part 7
I sleep the way I always sleep in Montpellier. Strangely. I wake up feeling more tired than when I went to bed. Like I've switched universes about 10 times. I get up and eat a brioche from the neighborhood place. Drink some coffee in my little kitchen. Listen to the neighbors talking to each other … Continue reading Story Time Sunday on Wednesday 10/16: Taraxacum part 7
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 