Protected: No Good Choices (working title)
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It’s Their Own Fault
It’s clearly their own fault that they can’t get ahead. They’re lazy and stupid and just want a free ride. They’re a burden on others and failure’s their habit. Don’t notice their struggles for dignity, pride. The child in the ghetto deserved his harsh fate. His mom had no reason to yield to despair. His
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Decision in Cohen Clinic
January 24, 2022 Rowen shivered in her hospital gown as she peered over her mask to survey the room. Pristine walls and cabinets glistened white against the spotless stainless-steel fixtures. The cryo vault door—also stainless-steel—loomed hopefully behind her. The only decorations were Dr. Emmett Cohen’s many degrees, fellowships, licenses: and posters depicting various aspects of
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Ear Training Hints
Yes, it IS possible to learn how to play by ear and/or take music dictation, even if you don’t have perfect pitch. Are you or your students struggling with their ear training for music theory class or just would like to play that new pop song “by ear?” Are you wondering what to do when
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Alternate ending for Stony Gaze, Golden Touch
***** Footsteps approached precisely as a sunbeam crept through her window. Chrys cracked the door. He was blindfolded. “In here, Malliá,” she urged. She took his hand and led him to her shower. “I’ll turn my back so you can watch.” He slipped the blindfold off—and caught his breath. Chrys’s beauty was no filter; she
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Stony Gaze, Golden Touch
The last few years have shown us how now necessary a human support system is to our lives. We’ve discovered how much we crave physical contact with other humans—the risks we are willing to take, not just for sex, but for friendship, for meaning, for affirmation, for love. ******* Chrysós Softness. Chrys craved softness. The
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Open Letter to Prospective and Past Performers
The score is not the music. Dear Performer or Director: If you have already performed my music, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! Thank you for being progressive enough to consider performing new music. Thank you for spending the time practicing music that’s unfamiliar, that no one else has yet interpreted. Please realize that having you
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Bittersweet Great News
I wrote this several years ago. My feelings are still the same, despite recent “normal” imaging. Perhaps I’m ready to share it now. * * * * * My emotions tend to escalate the last few days before my annual MRI. Little things are more exciting or more annoying; the blasé “everything is okay” mask
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Please be a Dick
17 Tries The summer I turned fourteen my family trekked across the continent from New York to California and spent some time visiting with my dad’s “little brother,” Uncle Dick and his family. He took us to a nearby lake where he had a ski boat. My über-coordinated older brother quickly learned to ski and