Monthly Archives: August 2006

World Horror Convention…

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

Writers are just like you and me.  They hate being pigeonholed. Take me, for example.  As the holder of a Ph.D. in English literature, I’m very widely read.  And I regard my work as literary fiction, which I’ve heard defined … Continue reading →

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The Interloper…

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

It’s so easy, as passionate as I feel about the way our beloved nation’s core values have been attacked in the last six years, its Constitution trashed by those who vowed to uphold it, to blast Bush and his puppet … Continue reading →

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Embrace tiger, return to mountain…

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

My wife and I are coming on to three years taking T’ai Chi with Michael and Sara Stenson, who themselves have done T’ai Chi for something like three decades.  Cheng Man-ch’ing brought the simplified form to the United States in … Continue reading →

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Crazy tenors and sopranos, but inspiring too…

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

I have a musical background:  Went to Oberlin College (though not in the Conservatory) as an undergrad 1965-69, did chorus and some leads in lots of Gilbert & Sullivan, sang in many choirs and a few local operas, went nuts … Continue reading →

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Kerouac headed for the road…

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

I have come very late to Jack Kerouac, but I’m getting there. On the Road lies buried beneath piles of unfinished books, to be exhumed eventually. And that exhumation will happen much sooner thanks to the publication of Windblown World: … Continue reading →

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In the beginning…

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

And thus a new web log is launched, and a soon-to-be-59-er (that would be I) joins the ranks of those bloggerrific folks who instantly publish to however many readers care to read, to however many commenters care to comment. My … Continue reading →

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