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Calendar Autobiography |
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By bryce on
11/14/2008 1:49 PM
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I’ve always liked calendars. Measuring out the days, keeping track of things, gives you a sense of where you’ve been and where you’re going – even if where you’ve been is “Flu shot” and where you’re going is “Take sofa to dump.” I was never good at keeping a diary, which might seem odd for a writer until you consider many writers’ need for a sense of an audience. It’s lonely enough pounding away at the keyboard (or just sitting there chewing your fingernails in despair).
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California Dreaming |
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By bryce on
11/4/2008 2:20 PM
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“All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray.” So begins one of my all-time favorite songs. I love it for its harmonies and the way it brings back that long ago time when I was young and the Mamas and the Papas were all over the radio, not because I love the time of year when the leaves are brown and the sky is gray.
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Try to Remember |
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By bryce on
10/4/2008 10:27 AM
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Twenty five years ago, I spent the week of Christmas in California with my first extended family. Much of that vacation is only a blur, and some of it was a nightmare. But what’s been driving me nuts lately is one little detail I thought I’d never forget – the name of a winery we visited. I know we went to two: Robert Mondavi, and – the other one. For years, I knew the name. Any time the subject of wineries or Napa Valley came up, I could easily summon both names and mention, either casually or smugly, “Oh yeah, I’ve been to Mondavi and” – the other one.
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Band of Gold |
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By bryce on
9/18/2008 9:14 AM
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Our esteemed publisher’s recent wedding has me thinking about marriage lately. I know this sounds lame, but I used to sit at meetings and go around the table looking for wedding rings. I already knew which of my coworkers were married and which were not, but I took a perverse pleasure in checking out the ring fingers on their left hands.
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Feeling Competitive |
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By bryce on
9/3/2008 11:24 AM
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You’d think that poetry, of all things, would be about as uncompetitive as you can get.
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