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Vintage
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Jane has a mechanical mind. That’s not right. Her mind is Yankee. She can fix it. My mind says first read the manual . Jane’s mind says reach for it, it won’t bite. Jane’s mind has no fear or little of it; my mind sweats anxiety. In The Longest Day, I believe, Cornelius Ryan (I hope I have […]
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Cotton Candy
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Centuries ago I lived in Brighton Beach, then Manhattan Beach, two communities on the south shore of Brooklyn. If you took transit, a bus or the el above Brighton Beach Avenue, you would come to Coney Island, even then a soiled slut of an area. It could serve as a set for “Nightmare Alley.” Steeplechase Park […]
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Make Merry
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I learned years ago from a gifted psychotherapist friend that one should make “merry.” I worked as a therapist in his counseling center in the early 90s. Occasionally I was informed that the staff would have a get together, the usually drinks, usual snacks and the usual suspects. When I asked what was the occasion, I […]
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Acoustic Research, Pun Intended
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I wanted to write about this event in a movie I had seen as a preliminary commentary about the essay to follow, but it has slipped my mind and I am chattering now on screen in the weak hope it may re-emerge. The felt-sense of this reminiscence I can feel right now but cannot access […]