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“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.” Philip K. Dick

October 6, 2021by librocubicultarist 1 Comment

I’m contemplating breaking the law.  I don’t know if I have ever really broken the law before, I’m a rule follower from way back, probably because I come from a […]

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“This I want to believe implicitly: Man was born for love and revolution.” Osamu Dazai

June 21, 2020by librocubicultarist 2 Comments

It’s hard to write anything when the country is on fire. I love those people who say Charles Dickens wrote something long and boring during the Spanish flu or whatever […]

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“The past could always be annihilated. Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. But the future was inevitable.” Oscar Wilde

May 30, 2020by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

Well this has been one of the most god-awful weeks I can remember… ever. I am stuck somewhere between wanting to escape into a cave and not wanting to look […]

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“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust

May 24, 2020by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

I love listening to podcasts and have found myself turning to them a lot more in the past few months for distraction and comfort.  I usually listen to them when […]

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“The last generations’ worst fears become the next one’s B-grade entertainment.” Barbara Kingsolver

May 21, 2020by librocubicultarist 2 Comments

Everyone is handling this weird time in different ways and who is to say what is the best way to cope?  To all of you lovely people who have decided […]

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“When I say ‘salutations,’ it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning.” E.B. White

May 20, 2020by librocubicultarist 2 Comments

Hey, remember this? I am about to proceed as though I did not abandon this by the side of the road a few years ago and I’m going to just […]

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“I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.” Oscar Wilde

April 21, 2016by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

Hello! It’s me! I’ve been wondering if after all these years you…. Wait, never mind that’s something else. Obviously I have taken a little break from the blogging, but I’m […]

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“Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.” Lucretius

April 29, 2014by librocubicultarist 1 Comment

There are many great things about living in Southern California, not the least of which is 12 month a year access to avocados. There are a few things that aren’t […]

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“An earthquake is such fun when it is over.” George Orwell

March 31, 2014by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

If you haven’t heard – or don’t care, like literally all of my family apparently from the lack of concern or calls – the earth is moving a lot more […]

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“I don’t know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn’t make you happy.” J.D. Salinger

March 11, 2014by librocubicultarist 1 Comment

My neighbor, Gracie, is two (AND A HALF, she will tell you) years old. She is gratuitously adorable, it’s a little over the top how cute she is. Being so […]

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