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Why Martha Coakley lost..and what we can gain | Moment to Moment

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Reflections from life’s banquet. Why Martha Coakley lost.and what we can gain. If you live in Massachusetts and have a pulse, you have an opinion about yesterday’s special election to fill the remaining two years of Ted Kennedy’s term. Here’s mine. So, yes, when Martha Coakley looked in the mirror this morning, she had to know that she was looking at the person who snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.not only of an election, but–perhaps–of broader health care access. 8221; Democrats, meet reality.

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It was enough | Moment to Moment

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Reflections from life’s banquet. My Dad died one year ago today. Then, she said, “I realized that it wasn’t heartbreaking at all. That room had been just enough for Dad. He was nearing the end of his life and, where our society tells us that we have to have more and more and more, he saw that none of that mattered at the end of your life (ever? And so, he had ‘just enough’ to live his final days.”. I had forgotten about that conversation until today, the one year anniversary of his death. We then confess...

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The Single Story | Moment to Moment

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Reflections from life’s banquet. My husband was NOT happy with me for writing yesterday that Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin love America as much as we do. He explained that people like them were in it more for the money and power. Of course, I explained that he had just described 75% of Washington DC’s residents and 98% of the media, but….still. Maybe it wasn’t the best way to make an important point. Her name is Chimamanda Adichie and her point is “the danger of the single story”. Date : 04.06.09. Why Mart...

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Dry-age your writing

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Tom Tiernan, writer, poet, photographer. An artist's job is to make you feel, not feel comfortable. You are here: Home. September 20, 2013. This image reflects the early part of a writing project. It appears out of focus, blurry and yet there is action, movement, thoughts unfolding, almost solid. After butchering, the beef is left to hang for three weeks or as it’s known in the industry, dry-aged. Through dry-aging the flavor of the meat becomes very dense and flavorful. There is a richness, an earth...

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The Sentinel

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Tom Tiernan, writer, poet, photographer. An artist's job is to make you feel, not feel comfortable. You are here: Home. September 24, 2013. I love to see children having fun. Anything becomes a game, a great adventure, a reason to have fun. What did you love to play when you were a child? The Eastern European couples gather around the table. They are here most weekends. Perhaps knowing each other from the old country. Their children always with them. Three young girls growing up fast. It is not a choice.

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Home

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Tom Tiernan, writer, poet, photographer. An artist's job is to make you feel, not feel comfortable. You are here: Home. October 8, 2013. Offering love and encouragement to children as they grow helps ensure their success. And sometimes doing and saying things that may seem harsh serve their higher good as well. For Henry and Lian. Your mother found out. What you needed to survive. To get by, to understand. Soon after she arrived here. Gook-bitch, whore, slut. Groping, grabbing, fondling. At the time that...

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When I wear my mother mask

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Tom Tiernan, writer, poet, photographer. An artist's job is to make you feel, not feel comfortable. You are here: Home. When I wear my mother mask. When I wear my mother mask. October 1, 2013. The masks we wear are like looking through a dirty, jagged, broken window. We know there’s something else back there but we can’t see what it is. When I wear my mother mask. I am the other, the one I don’t want to be. But can’t escape, like moon pulling tide to sea. I am the mother monster me. Sometimes masks deser...

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Tom Tiernan

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Tom Tiernan, writer, poet, photographer. An artist's job is to make you feel, not feel comfortable. October 8, 2013. Offering love and encouragement to children as they grow helps ensure their success. And sometimes doing and saying things that may seem harsh serve their higher good as well. For Henry and Lian. Your mother found out. What you needed to survive. To get by, to understand. Soon after she arrived here. Gook-bitch, whore, slut. Groping, grabbing, fondling. Gestures, whistles, jeers. At the ti...

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I met my mother when…

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Tom Tiernan, writer, poet, photographer. An artist's job is to make you feel, not feel comfortable. You are here: Home. I met my mother when. I met my mother when. September 14, 2013. Families, parents appear so solid at times and at others fade off into the distance, into a fog bank, an ethereal ghost of belonging mixed with sorrow and grief. I met my mother when. I met my mother when. I met my mother when. I met my mother when. I met my mother when. I met my mother when. Twenty years later, disgust in ...

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The 12 Steps For Writers

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Tom Tiernan, writer, poet, photographer. An artist's job is to make you feel, not feel comfortable. You are here: Home. The 12 Steps For Writers. The 12 Steps For Writers. September 11, 2013. Writers write, they don’t necessarily know how to count. The 12 Steps For Writers. Admit that you are powerless over writing and that your life will never become manageable. Admit that you have made up excuses to cancel dates because a character finally revealed herself to you. Make a decision to turn your will and ...