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Demo: Ballyfin Polkas
On the Chieftains collection Water From The Well is a track called Ballyfin Polkas. There are five sections and I noodled around with them enough to get three, played here. Ballyfin is a village in the midlands of Ireland among the Slieve Bloom Mountains. Here’s a view of the mountains from the Glinsk Castle Hiking Read more
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The Fortune Teller in Jackson Square
The fortune teller in Jackson Square says she specializes in soul mates so I ask if it’s possible to have more than one She says yes, but it’s better to have none at all than to have more than one Souls are not as sturdy as they’d have you believe Just because something is immortal Read more
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Ten foot glass doors
The architecture is something else Iron lace Sculpted lion heads adorning the sides of a building that’s hidden behind cornstalk fences Orange and palm trees Rose bushes and cypress trees and gas lamps illuminating broken sidewalks that can eat you alive Ceilings much higher than they need to be make for ten-foot glass doors that Read more
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On the last morning in New Orleans
On the last morning in New Orleans a rose stifles a shudder from the three days of winter that recently passed The sun has not come out to play today, but it will because it always does Sirens so distant they’re barely audible could also be the residue of a band from the night Read more
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2016/2017 New Year’s Revolution
One day in 2015, my soul-mate asked me, looking back on our many years together, which year was my favorite, and I told her 2016 because I try to believe the best is yet to come. I couldn’t have been more wrong. 2016 was a horrible year for so many of us, in so many Read more
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The Sultan of Simile: Haruki Murakami
I recently finished Haruki Murakami’s wondrous novel 1Q84 and usually like to write reviews of novels I read but this is one of those books you’ve got to read to believe. Half the fun of the book is in watching the plot unfold so I’d hate to spoil any of it for a potential reader. Read more
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