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Gary Walker

Finding Happiness in What You Carry: A Bit About Mother’s Day

“Each time my feet touched the earth I knew my mother was there with me. I knew this body was not mine alone, but a living continuation of my mother and all my ancestors. These feet that I saw as ‘my’ feet were actually ‘our’ feet. Together, my mother and I were leaving damp footprints […]

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Ten of My The Princess Bride Novels: The Twelve Book Edition (Part One)

Book lists are important for writers and readers. They make us justify and clarify our reasons for loving the works we love, even if we only compile them for ourselves. It’s easy to say “Oh, I loved that book,” but it takes introspection and commitment to articulate precisely why you love it. If you’re like

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The Astounding Genius of Jeff Lynne, the Real Mr. Blue Sky

It may not have seemed so at the time, but 1977 was a good year for me. I was twelve years old, and even though I didn’t realize it, I was a pre-teen sponge. I absorbed everything around me. Unbeknownst to my parents, I’d read Stephen King’s then two-year-old novel Salem’s Lot (sorry, Mom). It simultaneously

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Jimmy’s Back: Another Season of Better Call Saul Has Begun, and I Feel Fine

Can Jimmy and Kim make things work? Where’s Nacho? Who’s following Mike? What’s Chuck planning to do with that recording he made? What’s going on with Gene the Cinnabon manager? And most of all, why is Kim so worried about that damned semi-colon? These are just a few of the questions that had me wondering this past

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“Home is where you wear your hat.” – Lord John Whorfin, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension   During a recent drive home after work, I was listening to an NPR story on people’s feelings about our new president. As you might have noticed, some are happy about the whole situation, while

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