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Full Fathom
I did first ask if it was too soon. In this case, to bowdlerize the first sentence of Love in the Time of Cholera: “It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the run on spices … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentinian mistress, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, grief, José Saramago’s Death with Interruptions, kiran desai, Louis Untermeyer, love, One Hundred Years of Solitude, pandemic, positive and negative space, Shakespeare, Smoots and measures, social distance, solitude, The Inheritance of Loss, The Tempest, The Tempest Act 1 Scene 2, violet envelopes
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A Man of Faith
In The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai wrote: “The passionflower was a glorious bizarre thing, each bloom lasting just a day, purple and white striped tentacles, half sea anemone, half flower—all by itself, it proffered enough reason for faith.” My husband described … Continue reading
