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W. Levity Redux: (intro.)
Introduction: ‘A little Levity’, posted on this site early last year, was intended as a break from the grim reaper-themed vignettes that preceded it. The vignettes of ‘Levity Redux’ are intended to juxtapose with the grimness in postings planned to follow… If the ‘levity’ of pieces in the first batch seemed dark–– many of…
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R. In a Darker Light (intro.)
Introduction: ‘You want it darker?’ the great Leonard Cohen called out in a seeming challenge to the enveloping void… Inspired by his courage to work to the very end, I take the title for this thematic set from the signature song on the album released just days before his death… A few of these pieces…
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R. In a Darker Light (con’d)
Amputee avengers have also been portrayed as ‘freaks’ to be ogled as much as mutiles to be feared or pitied… While I have never watched a martial arts film in entirety, apparently there is a sub-genre of such films featuring martial arts-trained amputees. In the standard plot (insofar as kung fu movies have plots), amputee…
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E. Glimpses of Predeparture (con’d)
In the staffroom at teatime this morning, Sister Chua told an anecdote that corroborated the rumours about how rampant crime is becoming of late. She said a thief recently broke into a convent in Tabora making off with a set of nuns’ habits… Unlike most criminals who flout the law with impunity–– the mwezi [thief]…
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E. Glimpses of Predeparture (intro.)
Introduction: Numerous excerpts from old journals kept in Tanzania and Zimbabwe where I once sojourned have already been posted on this site. These include pieces in ‘Scraps from Tanzania Notebooks’, ‘Scraps from Zimbabwe Notebooks’ and in ‘Scraps of Memoir from Afar’. In taking a second look at the transcripts of journals from those years, I…
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L. Snippets of Striving (con’d)
Although not the least interested in home renovation, I paid close attention to last night’s episode of “This old house” on PBS. It featured remedies for upgrading the energy efficacy of heritage homes. In the American can-do spirit, craftsmen breezily showed options for converting drafty old places into modern homes, cozy through the most bitter…
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