Notes: Back in the early 70s, The Partridge Family was a big deal. The series may seem completely hokey now, but then it was quite radical. A single mother (gasp!) raising five kids. Not only that, but five kids who played rock n' roll music with her...
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~~*~~Part OnePart TwoPart ThreePart FourPart FivePart SixPart SevenPart Eight~~*~~"HALF AND HALF"You might be wondering how, if I took a forgetting potion, I have recalled everything that happened. Allow me to tell you. &n...
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~~*~~Part OnePart TwoPart ThreePart FourPart FivePart SixPart Seven~~*~~"SOUL GIFT""I was getting worried! I couldn’t even use the crystal ball to watch you!” I heard her voice before I saw her. The green-white smoke was still cleari...
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~~*~~Part OnePart TwoPart ThreePart FourPart FivePart Six~~*~~"FORTY THOUSAND FEET"When I unclenched, when she did, we gazed into each other’s eyes. “How do you feel?” she asked. I goggled down at my chest, then back...
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~~*~~Part OnePart TwoPart ThreePart FourPart Five~~*~~"POTION IN A KISS"I’d never been here before. It was glorious! I gawked up and around. The vaulted ceiling seemed miles above. Ahead was the throne at the summit of a series of thinning golden ste...
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~~*~~Part OnePart TwoPart ThreePart Four~~*~~"IF YOU WANT TO BE TRULY GOOD ..."Get better I did. It took the mogwai’s share of three months. In time my strength began to return. Zelena repeatedly used what she called “micro-magic” to...
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~~*~~Part OnePart TwoPart Three~~*~~"SHE TOOK MY HEART!"I remember my skull exploding with pain, a thrilling moment of falling, and then ... wetness. Agony in my back, left arm, right leg. But also—and just like my dreams—a brilliant...
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~~*~~Part OnePart Two~~*~~"THE TRIP HOME"I ate dinner a few hours later, treated once again at the Carrot Table. The entree was chicken with potatoes, green beans, and a big, chilled bottle of port with a flaky sweet dessert—“polem.” Brynn, not her f...
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~~*~~Part One~~*~~"THE METAPHYSICIAN"The metaphysician was named Dr. Dunk. We had to meet outside his home as his Munchkin one was too small to accommodate me. He told me to sit on a lacquered myrtle stump out back and brought me a cup of tea after s...
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Notes: One of my favorite characters from ABC's Once Upon a Time, which ran from 2011 to 2018, was the Wicked Witch (originally, of course, from The Wizard of Oz). Not because of the character itself, but because of Rebecca Mader, who played her. Mad...
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