A GUITAR GOD REACHED FORTY It isn’t like that at all. There is no OD in room 23 of a cheap motel. He got your guitar out of storage, called around to all the members of the old band, agreed to meet at Tommy’s because he still had a drumkit set up in his basement. They played for hours, rusty at first, but then music memory kicked in, fingers found the sharpest fret, the moodiest bass string, sticks pounded the hog out of the skins. Not ones for nostalgia, they broke in the past like it was a new pair of jeans. And they were suddenly as young at the songs they played. And a crowd were pouring in while their new girlfriends grinned from the side of the stage. So forget the news. Ok, so it did happen. But he’s still 25 and the group’s got a gig for…
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In the morning of 23 September, Maria João, a 53-year-old employee of the Joanina Library in Coimbra, woke up at 6, an hour earlier…
Hissss! Sizzle!! That was the garlic spluttering in hot coconut oil getting ready to season a pot of black-eyed bean stew. As the oil…
Dear love, I have always wanted to understand you more, But first of all, you must know you are the one who I most…
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A pair of Blue Throated Barbet was planning to have chicks. They scouted for a good tree to make a nest and finally decided…
