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Irasshaimase Means Welcome in Japanese
Flying over the great Pacific Ocean, I realized that this was going to be one of two things: incredibly amazing or chew-your-arm-off awful. The airfare was bought spontaneously; mine first and then...
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The man is simply wrong
Something about these spring days in Southern California. Maybe it’s just the book I’ve been reading. Sam Shepard says books don’t change lives. Actually, that’s not what he said. “Maybe a spellbound....
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When I was born, they knew what love felt like
In the year I was born, Sarajevo had showed the world the power of unity. In 1984, Yugoslavia’s industrial center held the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and for as long as the event was carried on, the town...
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For the soldier I caught watching the birds
They will assume they’re quite aware of what you thought. Reshape the content and alter the tone without shifting the words. They will use that shot of your weary eyes and mention how fine you looked...
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About what must be removed
This intrusive thought that blurs the conclusion I seek with the kind of passion she will never know; this… thing that should be extirpated but I so painfully and carefully maintain at bay. I often...
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One, or is it all?
I write. I do that constantly and I’ve done it for as long as I can remember. For many years I decided I would continue doing so in hiding, away from everybody’s criticizing words, invasive eyes and...
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Love story ~
Legend has it that when the Sioux were ambushed and they were suddenly taken by the necessity of fleeting or fighting, a man could take whatever pony he could get his hands on. Common sense, however,...
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“The Girl Camp”
The weekend was in front of us, full of the possibilities of awesomeness. We had packed fishing gear, slingshots, bikes, swimsuits, whiskey and (most importantly) two dirt bikes. And though I am a wee...
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About not shrugging
An uncle of mine whose life was cut short due to that beast we are all well acquainted with, cancer, taught me a couple of things about living life. Not because we spent that much time together, but...
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Jeannette Rankin: The First U.S. Congresswoman Was Also Antiwar – Updated
The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress was Montana’s Jeannette Rankin. Her most noteworthy feat was her opposition to war. Then, very much like now, being against the war was seen as a...
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