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Thanks to WIZ’s People Month Participants

Monday, September 7th, 2009

My happy thanks to everyone who participated in WIZ’s People Month.  My list of folks for whom I’ve felt deeply grateful includes:
Th.
Nephi Anderson (via Th.’s gravelly voice)
Mark Bennion
Tyler Chadwick
greenfrog
green mormon architect
Elizabeth R.
And, of course, many thanks to WIZ’s loyal readers and commenters.
I appreciate each writer’s help keeping People Month on WIZ interesting and fun.  We’ll do it again next [...]

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from “Flying in a confined space” by P. G. Karamesines

Friday, August 14th, 2009

In my dream, people mill at a fair, trying things they’ve never before done.  There’s horseback riding on flashy steeds and archery with brightly fletched arrows. 
At the fair’s farthermost edge, wings rest upon the green.  Their colors—kite colors—catch at me.  I cross the field whispering, I’ve always wanted to try this!  An attendant helps me [...]

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Got flight?

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

I thought it might be nice to make this Got Flight Week on WIZ’s People Month.  Posts this week will play with the question: Can humans fly?  If you’ve had a flying dream or other liberating experience related to flying, please, feel free to post it in comments to this post or others published this week [...]

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