Author: Jonathan Kieran
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What is Remembered Lives
A new memoirist, raconteur, and champion of friends lost to the scourge of AIDS at the height of that tragedy has appeared on the horizon, surging with tailwinds as captain of a triumphant galleon to tell a personal, powerful story…
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Terry Pratchett on My Mind
Good heaven and all the saints within it—I’ll never forget the first time I discovered the work of British fantasy/satirical author, Terry Pratchett. (Sir Terry Pratchett, I believe). I was browsing in an archaic place called BORDERS BOOKS and MUSIC,…
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It’s Caturday … I’ll Play
Though someone has been playing already. I thought the house was being occupied by a herd of elephants this morning. There’s still a lot of “kitten” in this new family member. Long may she perform her acrobatics. In other news,…
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Apropos of Nothing
Hey, I mean what I say. New cat. [ THE WEDNESDAY BOX, a dark fable for all ages by Jonathan Kieran is slated for international release April 22, 2025. ] #RescueCat #NewFamilyMember #CatsOfWordpress #GingerGirl #TheWednesdayBox #NewNovel #FairyTales #DarkFairyTale #AuthorJonathanKieran #Folklore #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran…
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Frank Funeral Observations
Sometimes we simply have to tell it like it is, even in solemn situations. [Whull, I tried to upload a Zanzibar Circus rerun for the proletariat but NO GO: both Apple and WordPress have become utterly asinine tools upon the…
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Love- Goddess Showing-Off Her Goods
If your hemisphere enjoys skies clear enough to behold a wonder, the planet Venus is currently DAZZLING in the Western evening horizon. I live in California with a panoramic glimpse. It’s a truly breathtaking sight. Brightness peaks, perhaps appropriately for…
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From the Airwaves to Your Derriere
The arguably worst song in pop history (WE BUILT THIS CITY by Starship) has now been transformed into a jingle for soft-ply TOILET PAPER! The lyric? 🎶 “We quilt this city!”🎶 (Shouldn’t the lyric actually be, 🎶 “This quilt is…
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Solitudinous Sorceresses
Lest we forget some of the more compelling enchantresses portrayed on film, hearken Ye back to 1998’s lavish, star-studden MERLIN miniseries, in which the titular wizard of lore (played by Aussie Sam Neill) was matched in magical magnificence by his…
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They’ll Keep Kids Out of Your Fields
Americans tend to favor mundane objects and mechanisms as horror movie staples: porcelain dolls; circus clowns; abandoned houses; even possessed cars. Chilling films (the cheesy and the elaborate) did not always need a vampire or a serial murderer to make…
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Witches of Obscurity: Haggis
Let’s have look at obscure witches of popular cinema. “Haggis” (from the PUMPKINHEAD cult flicks) meets the criteria. Not only does she conjure vengeful demons, she’s named after Scotland’s most abhorrent food! I don’t know what’s scarier. Who am I…
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