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Archives for March 2016

Days of honey and raspberries laid out in front of us like interplanetary sunrises.

Dawn and dusk, meat and potatoes, beans and curd. 

Nothing here, nothing there, everything with you. 

You have power and poise.

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If a haircut could be offered with the same detail as an embroidered shirt we would have a cinematic preening.

Delicate strength with desert island wishes. 

Today is the day it is.

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An ostentaceous supply of kindness.

The comedians counted the chips.

The cooks fried the tomatoes.

Means of healing increased and became part of the daily routine.

Was that a joke or a warm pizza?

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The pencil had been sharpened, the pen filled with ink and the coffee pot replenished.

Twice the bell had rung out and twice the tailor spat the pin he was holding in his mouth, out onto the floor. 

Everything seemed unprofessional, as if the students had taken over the country. 

But the experts were mistaken that day, for everyone was a student. 

Learn again!

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Slicing a sheet of paper on a narrow edge is harder than just cutting it in half.

Unless you have a precision laser, in which case one is just as easy as the other.

Many things have a favorable exception, and discovering that exception is often the route to discovery, invention and progress.

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