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The stories we tell ourselves and others. The people (characters), places (settings) and events (plots) of our lives. How we make sense of the world.Visual Narrative
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Stalker, Scene 47, Assignment 29 — An Early Death
(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker) In 2009, I saw Stalker for the first time in decades; for the first time since 1970, in Patrick’s parents’ home in the Bronx, in their basement with the … Continue reading
Posted in 1994, 2009, Fall 1970, James, Patrick, Stalker
Tagged blog fiction, fiction, online novel, Patrick, serial novel, Stalker
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Dream Journal Updates
My mother tracks me down. She reads my report card from my once sixth grade teacher, Miss Dirschel. Under “Conduct,” Dirschel gave me “satisfactory,” but she listed about thirty examples of my problem conduct. “She is the silliest and loneliness girl I … Continue reading
Stalker, Scene 46, Gimme Some Truth
(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker) In the Summer of 2009, Stalker tells Baby a Story I was living with my parents. No shame there, even though I was nearly 29. I was glad … Continue reading
Stalker, Scene 45, Give Peace a Chance
(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker) Fall 2009, New York City It’s a small canvas bag from New York’s St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center. The bag, wrapped in plastic, behind glass, is the … Continue reading
Posted in 2009, Stalker
Tagged john lennon, lennon piano, new york, online novel, rock and roll annex, Stalker, yoko ono
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Dream Journal Updates
Dreams, October 8, 2011 The last resident showed how superior he was by going up the ladder, too long and high to even fathom, to get to the apartment. We were not so brave; we took the alternate series of … Continue reading
Posted in Dreams
Tagged cat, coffee, dream, dream journal, dream symbols, ladder, letters, lost, lounge, lucid dreaming, mail, online journal, postage, rain, rain boots, stairs, stairway, stamps, storms, tokyo
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Stalker, Scene 44, Flower Beds
(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker) Portland, Oregon. 1994 “I’m looking for a house. It’s time for me to buy a house,” said James, sitting across the oak dining room table from me. Doing the … Continue reading
Posted in 1994, James, Stalker
Tagged narrative, online novel, online serial, Portland Oregon, Stalker
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