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Monthly Archives: March 2009
The Umbrellas of Harlem
This past Thursday in NYC, it rained. It was the first rainy day since last autumn that was warm enough so people weren’t bundled up. The vernal equinox was only a day away. The light was lovely — warm and … Continue reading
Posted in ...Grafetti, ...writers' work, composing, early fiction, inspiration, writing fiction
Tagged colors, D.T. Max, Duplicity, Harlem, New Yorker Magazine, NYC, rain, short story, spring, Tony Gilroy
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Music, and the web and journalism
Raghav’s song Humrahee and an essay about how the web is affecting journalism have one thing in common — uncommon beauty. share?
Posted in ...Open Grafetti, inspiration, other arts
Tagged Clay Shirky, Desi music, journalism, Raghav, song
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Short sketches, reversals, and more
Short sketches, reversals, and… the Internet, PDA’s and juries… Am trying to write short stories so I can tighten my story sensibility before I go back to work on the book. Wrote two rough ones on the morning commute. Inspired … Continue reading
Posted in ...Open Grafetti, ...writers' advice, ...writers' work, composing, conceptualizing, inspiration, other arts, rhythm, writing fiction
Tagged Clive Owen, Duplicity, film direction, PDAs and juries, screenwriting, Tony Gilroy
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Bittersweet
Of the two marmalades I made this weekend, the grapefruit was the more bitter. The clementine marmalade was lovely to the nose and succulent on the tongue, but the grapefruit felt good in my tummy — it was refreshing and … Continue reading
Posted in ...Grafetti, composing, early prose, editing, inspiration, other arts, writing for blogs, writing non-fiction
Tagged A.I.G., bailouts, bittersweet, bonus payouts, cribs-n-whinges, economy, marmalade, news, opinion, random thoughts, USA
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Why I love newspapers
Or is it newscreens, newswebs or newsnets? I haven’t bought a paper paper in more than a year. One of my fav’s, TOI, isn’t available at my local newsstand. What’s the newsstand guy going to do when we’re all reading … Continue reading
Posted in ...Grafetti, ...writers' work, early poems, early prose, ego, inspiration, Wikipedia, writing for blogs
Tagged economy, environment, global, love, newspapers, religion, scraping
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