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  • Hickory dickory dock

    Hickory dickory dock

    As soon as the hour hand and the minute hand of the clock hug at the midnight mark, an unheard bell goes off inside the mind of Mr. Hickory, the caretaker of the Dickory Dock hotel. It is an unusual hotel, to be sure, and requires a special kind of person to run it. Mr.…

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  • So long, farewell, I have to say goodbye

    The first time I realized that being a part of a family that was used to shifting houses, cities and compass directions was a culture in itself was when a cousin was shifting cities for the very first time after having lived in one place for twenty-nine years. The fact that they could not settle…

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  • These are a few of my favourite songs

    I have never been a music person. I enjoy listening to songs but I cannot have them in the background while I do other work because then I’m not listening to the lyrics and that I feel is the height of disrespect to an artist. Just listening makes me restless so I can sometimes go…

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  • Earl Grey

    Earl Grey

    It wasn’t right, ordering a cup of earl grey in a coffee shop. There was a reason they had coffee shops and tea shops now; especially for people who liked going to coffee shops but not necessarily their coffee. She was one such person. The food though, she mused, was better in coffee shops than…

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  • Not a book review: the picture of Dorian Gray

    As always, my not reviews can get spoilery. You have been warned. This book got added to my TBR because of Ben Barnes. Who is he? Well, according to a meme I saw, he is like the boyfriend of the 90s kid because of his role as Prince Caspian. I mean, the meme is not…

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  • The cashmere sweater

    The cashmere sweater

    The cashmere sweater sitsWhere you left it, in a cornerI haven’t touched the folds…The way one sleeve wraps aroundThe torso – in a pantomime of a hugOr how the left side is slightly raisedTo allow you room to scratch an itch.

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  • Over a bottle of chenin blanc

    Though this is a sequel of sorts to The Amethyst Library, it can be read as a standalone. A girl wanders the catacombs of Amethyst, stocking the books back in their homes. Amethyst has not had a helper before. Sarita is the only one who has taken care of the library and the souls…until now.…

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