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Time is . . . Memory?

Fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs was a prolific writer, publishing nearly 70 novels in his 75 years. Burroughs was the creator of Tarzan, a much better series of books than the video representations...

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Why Buying Another Clock Won’t Get You There On Time

When I was young, I was always late. I’ve spent half a lifetime working to develop punctuality and it seems to be improving. Aggravating the problem was how I handled being late. The lesson I learned...

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Finishing

Chapter 1 went live on January 31st (because that’s when I wrote it.) I’d had the first sentence rattling around in my head for decades. I typed it, for something to do, and the rest of the first...

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Off to the Editor (After the Last Delay)

Yes, the book was “done” last Friday. And yes, I’ve said it before: no art is ever finished, but at some point you have to be done. Unless you’ve built a car with no brakes or a chair without legs. My...

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Persistent Time

Continued from a previous post It was too easy. The intense moment of exhilaration passed, leading to saner thoughts. Reason, not emotion. Perhaps I had only delayed their meeting, not prevented it...

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How to Make Your Father Run a Red Light

We sat in the dark back seat, watching the digital clock (made of actual light bulbs) atop the bank in Chula Vista. It was a long red light. We’d seen the time change from 7:03 to 7:04 and all four of...

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Choosing Wealth

In Vagabonding traveler and author Rolf Potts talks about choosing how we define wealth. Rather than assuming that “wealth” and “money” are the same thing, he suggests measuring wealth in what we...

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The Time in Maggie’s Room

Maggie knew her father hadn’t meant her to fall. When he pushed her into the room to pull her door closed she had stumbled over the rug, hitting her head against the corner of the oak armoire. The...

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900 Days

Tomorrow it will be 900 days since The Temporal Lisle came to me in a flash. I suspect I’ve spent 800 of those days doing nothing but suffering over the struggle. Though the battle with Resistance is...

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