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flax-golden tales: safe passage
safe passage The train is the only safe passage through the forest. The conductors are armed and trained in combat should there be any… incidents. (It is a rare journey that passes without incident.)
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knights & orchids
On Saturday we went to see Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, which was enjoyable for about an hour and a half and then boring and badly paced for the last hour. And when
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flax-golden tales: the magic business
the magic business My father says the secret is making the audience think there’s a trick when there isn’t, really. The magic business is all about misdirection and flashy handkerchiefs and sparks because real
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books & cats
I just got a box of books from Amazon, most of what I bought with my birthday Amazon certificates, though a couple more are arriving separately. Amazon is tricksy like that. And one can
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monday miscellany, with photos
Went for a twilight walk last night in this oddly gorgeous weather. Met a black cat who liked pets on the head. Hadn’t met a black cat in Salem before, though we’ve seen a
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flax-golden tales: simple as kisses
simple as kisses People say he used to be a prince. Probably because it seems appropriate and romantic, traditional for tales about frogs. Neighborhood girls dare each other to creep through the brush into