Category Archives: Music

A Day that Doesn’t Quite Fit

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Octavia

Early arrival to work. Earlier than normal, at least. It feels like I have all the time in the world. The awareness of time probably works against me, but not in a way that I am initially aware.

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What Can Replace Phone and Internet

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Octavia

Raul Carvajal woke up earlier than he meant to. Instead of his phone playing alt-J at 6:45am like it normally does, his cat woke him up at 6:30am. This used to be an unwelcome wake-up call, but on the Monday … Continue reading →

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Not Quite a Poem

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Octavia

9:30 p.m., July 23, 2013 Kramerbooks & Afterwords Café “I Wanna be Down” by Brandy is playing semi-loudly, a song from 1994. I’ve been trying to motivate myself to write more these days and I guess there is no time … Continue reading →

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A Musical Encounter Unexpected

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Octavia

Sitting in Charmington’s, a suitably titled coffeeshop on North Howard St in Baltimore, MD. I walked in with gleaming sunlight pouring through the windows. I noticed a man looking at the board of specials. I walked by him in an … Continue reading →

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