True Face of Thai Dancer is Reflected in the Books

Now I have my tickets I head towards the big top tent of the circus. The tent has a maroon covered canvas and in one corner and on a platform there is a group of Thai dancers in long maroon tunics, colors matching the tent. There are both boys and girls there and they dance in a steadily rotating circle and wave their arms above their heads.

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The Meet Up and the Rats

We sat at the top of a brownstone, a windowless attic given over to one of the weekly meetups for writing. The room had rows of brown varnished stiff-backed chairs that faced the lectern at the front. And the lectern was mostly used by the organizers so I didn’t read that night but some others did.

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Perseverance in French

I dreamt that I signed up to teach an algebra class in French. But I struggled with the language, mangling the tenses as I practiced, recalling the words with difficulty. But I did persevere.

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Alexis Korner Gets 100% Likes in the Titty Bar

The comedian Alexis Korner was with us.

She was an ugly woman, overweight and wearing a tan wool man’s suit with a waistcoat and a brown fedora with a peacock feather. She tagged along with us after her skit, then Siobhan drove her home.

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Planting Arugula at the Back of the Tenement Building

Karin had been planting arugula stalks in the swampy water.

I thought many looked they were past gone but she said, “No! Even the dried reedy bark ones are good.”

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