Monthly Archives: July 2017

Define Hypocrite

Posted on July 12, 2017 by evamccollaum

I came to Roswell, America in 1992.  It was a good year to come.  There was still a bread bakery along Main Street that perfumed the air of this town, and though it has always been a desert island in … Continue reading →

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The Cruel World

Posted on July 10, 2017 by evamccollaum

I’ve been out of the blogging world (I can’t stand “blogosphere”) for a few days for reasons I will not explore at this time.  I will say only, I went to a rather unusual memorial and ended up sitting on … Continue reading →

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The White Whale

Posted on July 7, 2017 by evamccollaum

I am listening to the audiobook of Moby Dick.  It’s madness, of course.  In Melville’s day there was a different term for madness, monomania.  You can look it up.  We would call it obsession.  Obsession is interesting to writers.  We … Continue reading →

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Never Got a Dinner

Posted on July 5, 2017 by evamccollaum

When I was a kid, they had this thing called a celebrity roast.  People got together and made fun of the guest of honor.  It had a weird, rough-handling vibe.  I think it may have come from a wise place … Continue reading →

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It Occurs to Me

Posted on July 4, 2017 by evamccollaum

When I was a Senior in high school, we moved, and I had to adapt to a new home.  This was not too burdensome for me.  We had moved at the beginning of my high school time, and I was … Continue reading →

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Translation, Of a Sort

Posted on July 3, 2017 by evamccollaum

My nephew teaches Chinese and Spanish.  Yes, he’s very smart.  Anyway, I also consider him a friend, and we have begun, by baby steps, a translation project.  He tells me what the words in a Chinese poem mean, and I … Continue reading →

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Locked up with a Superior Mind

Posted on July 1, 2017 by evamccollaum

I refuse to pay for cable TV, which means that I use a simple antenna to get whatever programming flows into the evening.  The other night I was wading through the TV wasteland when I came across an old movie … Continue reading →

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