Michael Brown's Blog – January 2012 Archive (4)

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She had grown so used to having the expanse of an over-sized mattress to herself, she could not fall asleep for the longest time and regretted having allowed Tess, in her frightened, semi-delirium, to snuggle in and share her night. Laurie soon enough became aware that it was her own stomach producing the gurgling noises and not her mother’s indisposition. She had never known her body to be so uncompromising while lying alone. The therapist had offered that art was…

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Added by Michael Brown on January 26, 2012 at 1:30am — 6 Comments

Shot in the Dark

 

Laurie had held onto the dream of Tess and herself retiring from a road life to a neighborhood of pink and lavender houses where a woman could feel like a woman and not a commodity, and though her prayer was now cast toward a starless dusky sky, she was thankful both of them had survived long enough to be able to move into one of the paintings they loved so much where nothing more might occur than the daily change of light. She remembered…

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Added by Michael Brown on January 22, 2012 at 1:17am — 8 Comments

It's Funny, Really.

They do not play fair because they provide over thirty-five links per module without directing you toward the simplest to understand, so you have to skim through myriad points of view while looking for the one with which you feel most comfortable.

They seem to think the assignments they have posted have your unilateral interest and that you are proceeding with blinders on regarding the source of your daily bread.

They have set themselves up as experts, fully prepared to judge and…

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Added by Michael Brown on January 20, 2012 at 1:30am — 5 Comments

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