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What's your most vivid childhood memory?

Posted on Jun 21st, 2009 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

Perhaps not most vivid, but memories of my grandpa are way up there among my best memories. And being as how this is father's day, let me tell you a story: After a lifetime of... More »

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What was the first thing you remember learning?

Posted on Mar 31st, 2009 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

To not-speak truth. I learned that while my truth was condemned as lies, the lies of others were revered as truth. Confused, I learned to hide my truth altogether, the truth of what I saw,... More »

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What would you tell someone about to become a mother?

Posted on Oct 7th, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

This: I believe the children are our are future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it... More »

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What were you taught about religion?

Posted on Feb 4th, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

That it's something you put on, like you would don your finest 'glad rags' when you're expecting company or getting ready to go to church. That the tongue says one thing, and the actions say... More »

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A life in five plus two

Posted on Feb 2nd, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

She chose the wee hours of the morning in the middle of a brutal prairie spring snowstorm to kick and scream her way out of the relative safety of an unwilling womb into an alien... More »

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What is your first memory?

Posted on Jan 28th, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

Standing up in a crib and hearing a visiting great-aunt who was a stranger to me tell me she was going to take me home with her. I was terrified -- at that age you... More »

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When was the last time you visited the place you grew up?

Posted on Aug 2nd, 2007 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

The town? Twenty years ago, on a break from a university some distance away, I visited my mother there and felt on the first night the silent screams coming from walls saturated with words that were... More »

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