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Fiction

Against Posh?

“Fourth floor,” warbled the disembodied female voice in our hotel elevator in Edinburgh. She drew out “fourth” like it was two syllables, “FAAH-uth.” Our “Roads Scholar” tour guide Kevin, who is English, tilted his head and said, “That’s a rather posh voice.” Can a voice be posh?  This was news to me. I always thought […]

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Art Being Chinese

Art is Long, Life is Short

Intense eyes peer out from under white, bristly eyebrows. The look is hard to interpret: wary and suspicious? resolute? resigned?  defiant? Beard and mustache blend into one white stream, flowing down cheeks and spilling onto the front of his tunic. He leans on an insubstantial staff, barely sturdy enough to bear his weight. It’s a strange-looking […]