Tag Archives: loss

Femme Fatales Emerged From Shadows To Watch This Creature Fair

Posted on January 12, 2016 by MishaBurnett

It’s taken me a couple of days to process the death of David Bowie. He was someone who always seemed larger than life to me.  I can remember hearing “Space Oddity” on the radio as a kid, and being blown … Continue reading →

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Survivor’s Guilt

Posted on April 30, 2015 by MishaBurnett

I try not to get either too personal or too political in this blog.  This post will be both, and I apologize in advance. There are things that I really don’t want to talk about.  However, the movement to pass … Continue reading →

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I’m An Air Conditioned Nation

Posted on February 1, 2015 by MishaBurnett

Well, here it is. After much soul searching and figuring, I have decided to finance a car, for the first time in my life. This is my new transportation, a 2014 Ford Fiesta SE Hatchback, which I bought from Enterprise … Continue reading →

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When All The Doubts Are Crystal Clear

Posted on June 24, 2014 by MishaBurnett

When are people going to learn? I try to avoid posting on current events in this blog unless there is a clear connection to the business of writing and publishing fiction. However, the latest FaceBook outrage has made me very … Continue reading →

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Somebody Needs This Man

Posted on April 14, 2014 by MishaBurnett

Earlier today I found out that an old friend of mine has lost his job. For the past six and a half years Eddy Webb has been part of the creative team responsible for putting together the World Of Darkness … Continue reading →

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Countdown To Obsolescence

Posted on July 19, 2013 by MishaBurnett

“..breath deep, the gathering gloom.” In three weeks time I will be fifty years old. I have a problem with that.  I have a real problem with that.  I hate my birthday at the best of times–August in general tends … Continue reading →

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Exit Strategy

Posted on April 9, 2013 by MishaBurnett

I think the time has come for me to admit that it is simply not practical for me to try to be a writer on any large scale. It comes down to economics, really.  As I am the sole support … Continue reading →

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Dead Birds Fly Again

Posted on January 8, 2013 by MishaBurnett

I used to work in a junkyard. Junkyards are the book of Ecclesiastes written in the right hand side of the periodic table. A quarter square mile of “Woe, woe, woe” traced in rust. There is a particular tragedy in … Continue reading →

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The Year Of The Unquiet Dead

Posted on December 28, 2012 by MishaBurnett

I am seldom at a loss for words. This is not to say that I always have the right words.  Often what I have to say is the wrong thing at the wrong time, words like lemon juice on a paper … Continue reading →

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Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis

Posted on December 15, 2012 by MishaBurnett

Hey Charlie I’m pregnant and living on the 9th street Right above a dirty bookstore off Euclid Avenue And I stopped takin’ dope and I quit drinkin’ whiskey And my old man plays the trombone works out at the track … Continue reading →

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