Category Archives: Writing

The Wizard is 125

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published on this date in 1900. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their … Continue reading →

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The Citizen and the Traveller

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

“The Citizen and the Traveller,” a short fable from Robert Louis Stevenson  

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Writer’s Block

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

 

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There’s just no accounting for happiness

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

HAPPINESS Jane Kenyon There’s just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal who comes back to the dust at your feet having squandered a fortune far away. And how can you not forgive? You … Continue reading →

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But I am a blasted tree

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

During my youthful days discontent never visited my mind; and if I was ever overcome by ennui, the sight of what is beautiful in nature, or the study of what is excellent and sublime in the productions of man, could … Continue reading →

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Chomsky Plus

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

via https://existentialcomics.com/comic/595  

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The Fall

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

“The Fall” by Russell Edson There was a man who found two leaves and came indoors holding them out saying to his parents that he was a tree. To which they said then go into the yard and do not … Continue reading →

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You have to find this book to own this book

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

For his 8th book, What the Dead Can Say, Philip Graham limited it to a print run of 1000 and distribution was entirely through stashing them in Little Free Libraries around the entire country. From the author : What the Dead … Continue reading →

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Stages of the reader

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Brian D. Butler
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Octavia Butler : Positive Obsession

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

I have been an enormous fan of the visionary writing of Octavia E. Butler for decades. The American science fiction writer won numerous awards for her works, including Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur … Continue reading →

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