Monthly Archives: November 2008

Reasons to Say Thanks

            I’ve been thinking about Thanksgiving.  Mostly about cooking, it’s true, but also about the holiday itself.  It’s a troubled holiday now, for many people, with the echoes of imperialism inherent in its history.             I like the holiday, though.  … Continue reading

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What Happens in Ararat Stays in Ararat

    Thunderer Felix Gilman BantamSpectra   Terry  Weyna wrote about Thunderer on Reading the Leaves, so when I was in Copperfield’s Books a few weeks ago I picked up a copy.  We’ve become so habituated to fantasy trilogies, tetralogies and … Continue reading

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The Guy Can Write

            Many members of Buzz’s extended family made it to the memorial service, including his step-grandson Sam who flew out from New York.  I haven’t seen Sam in several years, although Sharon and his mother, Renee, kept us updated on … Continue reading

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Turning Again Home: Buzz Fleming, 1924–2008

We went to Buzz Fleming’s memorial service last Saturday.  Of course his name isn’t Buzz.  It’s Basil Aubrey Fleming. Buzz was born in Palmrya, New York, on Halloween in 1924.  He joked about Palmrya, which was the home of the … Continue reading

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The Words They are A’Changin’

“Open mic night Wednesday,” reads the ad.  It stops me.  Back when I was a kid, and the dinosaurs roamed, we pronounced the second word in that clause to rhyme with “bike.” We also spelled it like the diminutive for … Continue reading

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I Smell Bacon!

Yes!  Brock, of Black Sheep Farms, was at the Sebastopol Farmers’ Market yesterday and for the first time since mid-August he had bacon!             You’re thinking, “It’s bacon, Marion.  How exciting can that be?”  Pretty gosh-darn exciting, that’s how.  I can’t … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo

            Can you write a 175-page novel in 30 days?  NaNoWriMo thinks you can.  You, and about 100,000 other people.             NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, 11/1 through 11/30, each year.  The website is nanowrimo.org. This is one … Continue reading

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El Sol

            I got this fiery, geometric woven wall-hanging at the Sebastopol farmers’ market Sunday.  The  booth is called “Sacred Land.”  I hadn’t seen Sacred Land before; maybe I just missed it since I have such a predictable routine at the … Continue reading

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