Author: Greg
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Uncooperative In Nature And Art
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) I hated this tree. It was uncooperative in nature and art; disagreeable in temperament. I had a sister once that behaved the same way. I still do, I guess, but we don’t talk anymore so past tense strikes me as being more appropriate. Cooperation […]
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A Steaming Pulse That Is Undetectable
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) It was only after he crossed the river into the open country that he realized how much heat was pulsing below the asphalt veins and arteries of the city. The temperature cooled noticeably as he moved further and further away from a steaming pulse […]
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I Felt Bad For Not Liking Them
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) For years I allowed the world – or, worse: my idea of the world – to define me. My sense of self came not from within but from the people around me; people I didn’t understand, couldn’t trust and some of whom I just […]
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There Was No Light As He Walked
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) The odor of beer and piss slowly gave way to that of day-old seafood scraps. There was no light as he walked and the adjustment from neon glow to darkness made him feel as though he was quite literally seeing red. A single light […]
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The Peace Here Was A Fragile One
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) The peace here was a fragile one and the tranquillity of those gathered relied upon it. Departures upset the balance but rarely to the point of calamity. New blood was always recruited quickly and new life was thereby breathed into a community that could […]
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Seeing A Rock Show In A Cathedral
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) I had something of a transcendental experience at the Gary Clark Jr. show last night at the Sydney Opera House. I’ve seen Clark and his band before (this was the fourth time) and they have truly topped themselves each time, but last night was […]
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Lessons I Learned From My 2015 Reading
Those of you keeping score at home know I love trying to find life lessons everywhere (even in movies). Books, of course, are not an unusual source of lessons but reading critically and identifying the thoughts and lessons that truly resonate with you is an enjoyable exercise that adds value to fiction and non-fiction alike. The […]
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Benevolent Forces Pulling Strings
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) Happiness was an elusive pursuit in which he invested negligible energy. At certain milestones of age as a number and ageing as a process he was prone, as so many are, to take stock of his achievements or lack thereof. At any given time […]
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Merry Christmas!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) Merry Christmas!
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I Knew How To Make It Go Away
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) Her eyes were raw and red as if she’d been crying for hours but there had been no tears even five minutes before. “Just… give me a second.” She gathered herself, mostly through blinking and staring at the floor again. When she started to […]