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My favorite writer, Paul Monette, along with several collections of poetry, an acclaimed collection of essays, and two biographies, one of which won the National Book Award, wrote a bunch of pulp fiction.  It is pulp.  The stories aren’t challenging. They don’t really give one much to think about. But they are so beautifully written [...]

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Misty. Watercolored.

I’ve been siting home for the last 2 hours, reading the MLS and watching 90210. In my defense, I never watched the original, but I turned on the TV as I made myself a sandwich for dinner (a turkey reuben and some beets in balsamic vinegar) and I quickly flipped away from the football game [...]

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In the late 80s and early 90s they were not an uncommon site along the freeways leaving downtown Los Angeles; huge condo projects festooned with banners that read “If you lived here you’d be home now.” When the topic was brought up at a meeting, what are you doing today for your recovery, it’s [...]

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I wanted to share this article with you. It’s among the best written and most comprehensive I’ve ever read. During my first battle with crystal meth addiction I lived in Long Beach, CA. Even then, back in ‘92, Long Beach had a bigger crystal meth problem than anywhere I had ever been, [...]

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