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A Tale of Two Saints

Two saints of diametric views one rainy Sunday morn, did choose to spend some time in long debate on gods and men and life and fate; each sought to prove his deity more just and great (such vanity) imagining the … Continue reading

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A Meditation on St. Sebastian

What is the secret hidden behind the veiled innuendo that hangs its tapestries of heavy corded cloth on these rotting temple walls? I pierce your flesh with countless arrows, yet you fail to die; beheaded, in a pool of cloying … Continue reading

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On Writing

Why is that writers — and it doesn’t matter which writer you choose — at some point in their chosen vocation end up writing about writing? And why do non-writers see that as so unusual, so self-centered and ultimately circular? … Continue reading

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