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As we entered a Tucson Safeway store . . .
at just after nine on Saturday morning -a recreational balloon passed overhead.
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Q: What is a book good for?
A: A book...
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From: A.W.A.D
Expostulate
verb intr.:
To reason earnestly with someone in order to dissuade.
Wow! I had always thought the word meant 'to object loudly.' Now I see that I was wrong.
Another word with which I was mistaken about its meaning:
hegemony
the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others;
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With traditional soup, you make a big pot of it, and cook everything together, so the flavors of the vegetables/ beans/ meat/ whatnot all get blended into the broth.
But with this soup, it's exactly the opposite. You don't make a big pot of it at once; instead, you make just a bowl or two of it at a time, ad hoc. You cook your protein, you saute your veggies... and then, at the very last minute right before you're ready to eat, you put all the stuff in a bowl, and pour the hot broth/ stock over it.
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While conversing on the phone, a person all of a sudden speaks nonsensical words, such as, when intending to say, "Okay, see you when you get home" instead enunciates: "Ki say ya one jewgetum."
Is this a sign of senility? A simple form of forgetfulness? Or a physical disability (such as a brain malfunction) that comes and goes?
I question this because it's been happening to me lately.
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The Writer's Almanac credits Aryn Kyle with saying: She loves the thrill of beginning a new story and she loves the glory of finishing a first draft. But all of that time writing in between can be difficult and discouraging, she said, like "digging through concrete with a salad fork"
Now that's a pretty good description of the process of writing fiction.
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To Kill A Mockingbird
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Regarding To Kill a Mockingbird: Flannery O'Connor said, "It's interesting that all the folks that are buying it don't know they are reading a children's book."
