I pull the butcher knife from the drawer. The cutting board is worn and only a showpiece now, the plastic washable hygienic mat–the modern replacement–is no stranger to the Henckel. Tonight I am making Shaq burgers*. I discovered this recipe last year during our summer holiday in Puerto Rico . It was humid as it was [...]
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Feeling of love defined, a folly Defining my understanding of ‘falling in feeling’, also known by some as LOVE, is the wildest mental adventure since learning to read. Making sense of the alphabet, connecting and rearranging letters that are made up of dashes and lines that magically transform into words that form sentences that are [...]
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I slumped into my seat on the BART train this morning with dread leaking out of my ears. I’m not going to make it through the day I thought. At 6:22 that morning, I predicted my own doom. I was certain that I’d see my tombstone carved in real time. Here she lays, that sad [...]
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Ms. Oprah Winfrey c/o Harpo Studios 1058 W Washington Blvd Chicago, Illinois 60607 RE: Eat, Pray, Love, and Fame (mine) and a request for an endorsement Dear Oprah We haven’t been formally introduced. And even though I haven’t watched your show I know with a strong degree of certainty we could be best buddies, and [...]
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Writing is a passion that drives me to the brink, and sometimes over. I hate it, love it, covet it, dream it, and cry over it. I found a voice, maybe three, sometimes four, by writing. It’s all true what the established writers say to those of us up and coming, just write and do [...]
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