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Blog postI was almost finished defrosting the refrigerator when I stuck my nose in the freezer and a rotting smell hit me. I moved the ice cube trays out of the way and saw two large plastic bags in the back. I grabbed one bag and tossed it away, but the other bag was still stuck. No, it couldn’t be. That smell… The plastic ripped away in my hands leaving a huge chunk of blood melded to the freezer floor. Nothing else would have that much blood. And all of it thawing—the black ice turning rich red.
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Blog postDeath is here now, waiting patiently as we make coffee, crack open eggs, reach for the morning paper.
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Blog postEvery weekend I go walking along the Santa Fe River Trail, less than a block from my house. Today, the faded winter colors of bark and branch were punctuated by some surprisingly bright natural and not-so natural elements.
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Blog postI watched two movies with women protagonists this weekend. The films couldn’t have been more different, but each in its own way, was a discerning moving portrait. Both women are asked to do the impossible and must find the strength to command their universe. In ARRIVAL, linguistics professor Laura Banks—played by Amy Adams—is asked to put … Continue reading "Two Women, Two Films: ‘Arrival’ and ‘Jackie’"
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Blog post"I was interested in this idea of men and failure," director Jodie Foster has said of her new film, "Money Monster." In the moment when Clooney understands that the world wouldn't pay to see him live, his character is allowed to fail, and that sets up the very interesting dynamic of what ends up essentially being a buddy movie, showcasing the theme of men's failure and how women have to be the cool-headed, brave, fixers.
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Blog postInstead of dipping into other griefs, I got up like a football player after a grinding tackle, checked for injuries, picked the turf out of my helmet, and played on. Resilience. Cushion. Buffer. Shock absorber.
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Blog postLook at these tiny wild purple irises, tall jasmine bushes, bright green aspens. How can nature be so beautiful, and so terrible? With all the suffering I have gone through in my life, and some so recent, what would I do if the literal ground beneath my feet was no longer stable?
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Blog postAt night I come home and long to dip into a very different time and place. I started reading Barbara Tuchman's, "A Distant Mirror" out loud just to hear her descriptions and research of the lives of the family, Coucy, in the 14th century. A time so very different from ours, and yet, so similar.
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Blog postWhat word is there for the rebirthing of memories that open onto each other like the branching of wood from an old elm tree? Evocative.
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Blog postMy wolf fetish is my writing fetish. It pulls in the power for me to make writing happen. My wolf fetish was on my desk, patiently watching as I finished "Dizzy Sushi." And here, at an event for writers, I met the man who carved it. I knew it was him by how my fingers fell into the stone as it was passed to me, how it felt in my hand, how it was calm and accepting. My fetish had the same properties. Rough, old-feeling, like hundreds of fingers had held it. I even wrote his name on a pi
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