Monthly Archives: March 2013

A New Life #Friday Fictioneers

Posted on March 31, 2013 by glossarch

Late is better than never…even two weeks in a row…right?  In any case, here’s my Friday Fictioneers.  I actually wrote it on a very good Friday (my friend was coming in from MN, I found out about a big fellowship), … Continue reading →

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Splitting the Soul: How Angosey Taught Me Philosophy

Posted on March 24, 2013 by glossarch

I developed my language, Angosey,  to express concepts that (I thought) English could not convey.  The act of scrapping all the world’s languages and coming up with my own included a few parts youthful hubris, a hefty dash of ignorance, … Continue reading →

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Dust and Mud #Friday Fictioneers

Posted on March 21, 2013 by glossarch

What’s more fun: 1) Solving differential equations or 2) Electrolysing water in a kimchi jar?  Become a grad student in geophysics and you can do both!  Bonus: make computers do #1.  Anyway, back to the task at hand.  Every Friday, … Continue reading →

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Anachronic #Friday Fictioneers

Posted on March 17, 2013 by glossarch

Late is better than never!  After a fun-filled trip to Charleston, I return to Friday Fictioneers a couple days late.  Every Friday, writers from all around the world write 100 word (or thereabouts) flash fiction based on a photo posted … Continue reading →

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Geologic Time: A Biblical Metaphor

Posted on March 7, 2013 by glossarch

The Earth is very old.  We all know that.  But the age of the Earth is hard to think about in human terms.  So let’s use a metaphor: the King James Bible.  Suppose the first letter of the first verse … Continue reading →

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The Crossing #Friday Fictioneers

Posted on March 7, 2013 by glossarch

Why waste a perfectly good hour on the bus reading or watching cat videos on your smartphone when you could be writing? Sure your calligraphy might be horrible – but that’s what retranscription’s for!  Here, I offer my first Route … Continue reading →

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My Haiku to appear in “Lifting the Sky: Southwestern Haiku & Haiga”

Posted on March 4, 2013 by glossarch

I’m thrilled to announce that a haiku I wrote will be appearing in the anthology “Lifting the Sky: Southwestern Haiku & Haiga” published by Dos Gatos Press.  The anthology is divided into four seasons: Spring, Summer, Winter, and Fall.  My … Continue reading →

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