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Author Archives: GirlZoot
Just a Thought
Sandy gave her mother a look of secret ferocity which meant: you promised to leave us all on our own, and a promise is a promise, you know it’s very bad to break a promise to a child, you might … Continue reading
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Tagged ferocity, Muriel Spark, ruin, teenage angst, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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romantic portmanteaus
Who makes the decision about couple names? Is it always based on sounds, pronunciations, and morphemes? Is it a desire to be clever, or just to make sure that words don’t sound ridiculous? I look at celebrity couple names, and … Continue reading
Just a Thought
One of the men told me he was a policeman, but he wasn’t wearing a uniform, which I thought was disappointing: if I were a policeman, I was certain, I would wear my uniform whenever I could. —Neil Gaiman/The Ocean … Continue reading
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Just a Thought
It had never occurred to him until now that a hero would sleep on the ground. —Lloyd Alexander/The Book of Three
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Tagged assumptions, Black Cauldron series, hero, Lloyd Alexander, The Book of Three
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Just a Thought
I have dreamed of that song, of the strange words to that simple rhyme-song, and on several occasions I have understood what she was saying, in my dreams. In those dreams I spoke that language too, the first language, and … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, Neil Gaiman, real, The Ocean At The End of The Lane, truth
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drama e’ry day
I’ve worked in customer service a long long time. I’m tired. Tired of being nice, of smiling and nodding, of caring about everyone’s problem before caring about my own. Years ago I worked with a really good friend at a … Continue reading
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What is law? Is it what is on the books, or what is actually enacted and obeyed in a society? Or is a law what must be enacted and obeyed, whether or not it is on the books, if things … Continue reading