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
Tag: Stephanie Barbe Hammer
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
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
story time sunday, August 25th 2013 — taraxacum, Part 1
Taraxacum I am walking in the Jardin des Plantes because Joseph said it was a good thing to do and it's free and it's Sunday, and nothing else is open, so we walk a long way it seems from the historical center of the city towards the university. Joseph is a strange hairless boy with … Continue reading story time sunday, August 25th 2013 — taraxacum, Part 1
Frantic Friday bonus story, August 23rd 2013 — the robot that learned fear (grimm brothers riff [with thanks to Gina Warren]))
Once there was a robot that had two robot children. The elder child was a tiny, lithe robot made of white Apple circuit boards and it worked hard all the time harvesting the data and making the upgrades on the all the systems that ran their world. But the younger robot was stupid and lazy … Continue reading Frantic Friday bonus story, August 23rd 2013 — the robot that learned fear (grimm brothers riff [with thanks to Gina Warren]))
Manic Mitwoch with Mitzi Notnagel, Simone Baumbaumziegfieldstravinskyshalom (neé) Stein und me
Dear friends of the unreal -- I have been playing around with Pessoa's concept of the heteronym for a couple of years. This summer, director/writer Grier Jewell offered to record my heteronyms in action. The result is an amusing meditation on Rousseau, Murray Bookchin, and Chuang Tzu on the nature/culture binary. It was also the … Continue reading Manic Mitwoch with Mitzi Notnagel, Simone Baumbaumziegfieldstravinskyshalom (neé) Stein und me
Sunday Special Edition: The Problem with Pleasantville, July 21st 2013
I really want to like the film Pleasantville. I have seen it several times, and it’s an incredibly arresting movie visually. The transition from black and white to color is gorgeous to look at – reminiscent, as many have observed – of that moment in the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy opens the door and … Continue reading Sunday Special Edition: The Problem with Pleasantville, July 21st 2013
story time sunday, a grimm brothers’ reboot, June 30th 2013
Dear friends -- Closing out June with a familiar story, with a slightly new angle..... I just wish someone would kill my boss. I wish someone would just throw him against a wall until his slimy guts pour out with whatever blood he’s got in his disgusting little body. Yeah, I love him that much. … Continue reading story time sunday, a grimm brothers’ reboot, June 30th 2013
in praise of failure, being weird, and not giving up — Rushmore, the Royal Tenenbaums and Moonrise Kingdom –Sunday special June 9th 2013
Dear friends -- sometimes being a quirky failure who survives ought to be enough. Personally, I come from a longish line of failures. My dad was a failure. A terrible one. So was my mom. My mom's mom didn't make it as a ballerina and taught dancing and French instead. My paternal grandfather's parents failed … Continue reading in praise of failure, being weird, and not giving up — Rushmore, the Royal Tenenbaums and Moonrise Kingdom –Sunday special June 9th 2013
Story Time Sunday gallery edition: does the Happy Show make me happy? yes, no, and I’m not sure
I have a confession to make. I tend to resist all things Austrian because of a terrible set of experiences my husband L and I had in Vienna many years ago. As a result, I don't like Austrian food, and I don't like Austrian music. Hitler was Austrian, and that worries me. Although, Arthur Schnitzler … Continue reading Story Time Sunday gallery edition: does the Happy Show make me happy? yes, no, and I’m not sure
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 