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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Oct 20, 20171 min read
Charging Columns of Flames
I thought that I was safe from fire moving to the edge of my village, Fiais da Beira in central Portugal. Still, the October 15, 2017...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Oct 11, 20171 min read
Om Khalthoum: Star of the East
“Imagine a singer with the virtuosity of Joan Sutherland or Ella Fitzgerald, the public persona of Eleanor Roosevelt and the audience of...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Oct 6, 20174 min read
A Lifeline of Words
Poet, author, teacher, film critic and arts activist Morton Marcus (10 September 1936-28 October 2009) The following piece was first...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Oct 2, 20171 min read
Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'"
Musician Tom Petty (20 October 1950 - 2 October 2017) #TomPetty #FreeFallin
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Oct 1, 20171 min read
Chance Encounters
What will happen as we tune out or tune down the world around us with headphones and earbuds and earplugs? Will we lose the ability to...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Sep 28, 20173 min read
Night Shift: Mystery, Desolation
"Nighthawks" (1942), an oil on canvas by American artist Edward Hopper The following piece appeared in Deadline, a publication of the...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Sep 26, 20171 min read
Utopia
“Plato holds that commonwealths will only be happy when either philosophers rule or rulers philosophize: “How remote happiness must...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Sep 20, 20171 min read
University Class Challenge
“Educating Rita” (1983) Julie Walters and Michael Caine; screenplay by Willy Russell A 27-year-old hairdresser from Liverpool strives to...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Sep 18, 20171 min read
City Sounds
"They say my music makes dogs howl, that it wakes the dead and hates the living. But I don’t hear it that way, and neither do my cohorts....
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Sep 13, 20171 min read
"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying. . ." - Robert Herrick Or "Carpe Diem," as the Robin Williams character in...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Sep 8, 20171 min read
Mirror, Mirror . . .
“Let’s not get existential, Angel. I’m not talking Camus’ The Stranger here. I’m talking about having a body to wrap my arms around at...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Sep 8, 20171 min read
Mr. Right, Ms. Wrong?
"I'm afraid Mr. Right wouldn't want me." - Turn On, Tune Out - Find out more: https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Tune-CYNTHIA-ADINA-KIRKWOOD/dp/...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Sep 4, 20171 min read
Easy Sex, Rampant Loneliness
“Last night was nothing more than one of those desperate lunges at intimacy so common in this part of the world, where sex is easy and...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Aug 31, 20171 min read
Breathing Technology
"Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its pressure. So (in 'Koyaanisqatsi'), we...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Aug 30, 20171 min read
"Virtual Immortality"
“The utopia of the technological order is virtual immortality, hitherto only ascribed to the gods, to the divinity. Now, we have a new...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Aug 29, 20171 min read
Knotted Gun
"Non-Violence" is a bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward. There are many copies around the world: this one is in...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Aug 16, 20174 min read
Time Stands Still for U.S. Writer in Ireland
The author, at far left, in Listowel with fellow writers, poets, playwrights and storytellers - This piece was originally published in...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Aug 13, 20175 min read
Gloria Naylor: Life From a Black Legacy
Author Gloria Naylor (1950-2016) in 2007 (Photo by David Shankbone) (This piece was originally published in the Los Angeles Times in...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Aug 11, 20172 min read
Trying to Get Pregnant at 40
“I want to have a baby,” Emma said. “Hope I haven’t shocked you. Is it shocking that carefree, fun-loving, happy-go-lucky Emma wants a...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Aug 11, 20172 min read
"Ha Festa na Mouraria" (Mariza)
This year, I arrived too late for the candle-lit evening procession of saints’ statues from the church. However, on Sunday morning, I...
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