Category Archives: youth

The True Object of Desire

August 25, 2018 – 2:34 am

No one more desirable than Catherine Deneuve in Luis Bunuel’s BELLE DU JOUR. The essence of 1967.

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No Losing Streak Lasts Forever

August 5, 2018 – 12:36 am

My senior year at high school the hockey team underwent a winless season. Attendance for our side was weak. Losing teams don’t have an expanding fanbase, but my three cousins played for the Hawks and I attended most of their games along with several friends. Our rival’s supporters ridiculed our team with chants of ‘loser’. […]

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HIPPIE BEACH BUMS by Peter Nolan Smith

April 17, 2018 – 4:10 am

Every evening the breeze off the Pacific wreathed the coastal towns north of San Diego in a thin mist. The July mist wreathed the towns north of San Diego and a clear dew clung to the flowers well through the morning. Some time before noon the sun pierced the overcast and its rays evaporated the […]

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Bird’s Nest

April 17, 2018 – 12:34 am

The Chinese delicacy ‘bird’s nest soup’ is derived from the bird’s nest constructed with the saliva of swifts. The cost of such a delicacy can cost between $30-10,000US per kilo. I’ve never had a bowl of such soup, however Mam called my hairdo a bird’s nest or lan-nok last week. I hadn’t cut my hair […]

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My Loved Nana

March 17, 2018 – 11:11 am

My Nana came off the boat from Ireland at the age of 14. She broke her heel coming down the gangway. Somehow everything turned out all right in that Year of the Crow. The native of the West refused to pinpoint the date. WE thought the Year of the Crow had something to do with […]

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