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I'm named after Bertolt Brecht. I'm the runt of eight siblings; born, like Jazz, in New Orleans. I've lived in seven countries, and went to the oldest boarding school in England. Then I returned. I've got 1000 books, 3000 CDs & 3000 LPs.
Location: Los Angeles
Groups: Readers and Book Lovers, Rock Gems, Los Angeles Kossacks, Festival of Books, The Political Revolution
Diaries published: 109 (223 days since last diary on Wed Apr 30, 2025 at 05:00 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 15601 (22 days since last comment on Mon Nov 17, 2025 at 05:18 PM PST)
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- Good evening, writers! I hope you’re doing well. We had snow here and our first real cold weather. I am curled up under a cozy blanket. I’m not really sure what to write about, but it has put me in mind of both the season, meaning the holidays, and the...56 comments 11 Recs
- Several outlets have now reported that Trump pardoned Henry Cuellar and his wife of bribery and money laundering charges. On Truth Social Trump posted Sleepy Joe went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman’s wonderful wife, Imelda, simply for...44 comments 24 Recs
- Good evening, everyone. A little late posting this evening. This afternoon we had to say goodbye to out sweet kitty Charlie Brown. He was a wonderful companion, and we will miss him. There have been dozens of musicians who have pushed back and even...12 comments 19 Recs
- This week's big fiction release is the latest translated into English from Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk. House of Day, House of Night is a collection of loosely connected portraits of people ...10 comments 15 Recs
- As always, if � you find value in this work I do, please consider helping me keep it sustainable by joining my weekly newsletter, � Sparky’s List! � You can get it in your inbox or read it on ...28 comments 308 Recs
- ________________________________________________________ “The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life...67 comments 18 Recs
- We like our stories to have beginnings, middles, ends. History gives us none of these. It provides instead repetition, variations on a theme, and something we might�call entanglement. --Brandy ...11 comments 16 Recs
- Yes, some will label a Democrat “radical” if they’re on the leading edge of an issue. And? Will a Democrat be immune from criticism from the right or from the chattering class if they take a more middle-of-the-road position? Not likely! But they’ll get...64 comments 59 Recs
