Aubrey’s blog Vox 2008-07-04T02:48:03Z Aubrey http://thecaferoyal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00ccff930f92d756/ What a dear, dear day! A River's Source tag:vox.com,2008-07-02:asset-6a00ccff930f92d75600fa968447500003 2008-07-02T06:57:50Z 2008-07-04T02:48:03Z Aubrey http://thecaferoyal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Blossoms From Above

I pass by two rivers every day. In the morning, I will hear one as it carves a liquid path from behind the inhospitable walls guarding the backyard of a blank, unmemorable house. Arms of green branches - swathed in garnet colored jewels, parures...

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]]> For The Romantically Inclined tag:vox.com,2008-06-28:asset-6a00ccff930f92d75600fa968314260003 2008-06-28T05:39:09Z 2008-07-03T14:32:56Z Aubrey http://thecaferoyal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

No, I Won't Write Another Word!

Not long ago, the sublimely ethereal Jaypo, in a fit of whimsy - or possibly mimsy; I haven't inquired after her borogroves lately - made a list of spammer's names that she had lately been inflicted with: E. Peggy Carmela Jesus Boggs Dirk Moon Pa...

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]]> QotD: Make Me Smile tag:vox.com,2008-06-26:asset-6a00ccff930f92d75600fae8c65897000b 2008-06-26T02:36:55Z 2008-06-26T23:37:04Z Aubrey http://thecaferoyal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Steve Harley/Cockney Rebel- Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)

What's making you smile today? You've done it all, you've broken every code And pulled the rebel to the floor You spoilt the game, no matter what you say For only metal - what a bore! Blue eyes, blue eyes, how come you tell so many lies? Come u...

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]]> "She Hath Done Wondrous Naughty!" tag:vox.com,2008-06-25:asset-6a00ccff930f92d75600fad6949eba0004 2008-06-25T07:22:20Z 2008-06-27T14:10:23Z Aubrey http://thecaferoyal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

A Far Cry From Shy

Look at her. She once had a name, until historians took that name away, and she merely became 'An Unknown Lady'. Now I have just read that her name has been restored to her. This - finally - is the serious, oddly demure portrait of Catherine H...

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]]> A Heated Argument tag:vox.com,2008-06-21:asset-6a00ccff930f92d75600fae8c4cff3000b 2008-06-21T02:38:11Z 2008-06-23T20:28:11Z Aubrey http://thecaferoyal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

A Coat Of Snow

I'm not a person to argue openly with the weather. It's pointless to dispute with someone who holds all the cards. Especially when those cards are marked with planets and stars, moons that pull the tides in like glowing celestial magnets, horiz...

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]]> A Secret Garden tag:vox.com,2008-06-19:asset-6a00ccff930f92d75600fae8c4434a000b 2008-06-19T06:34:56Z 2008-06-20T20:42:17Z Aubrey http://thecaferoyal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

A Spray Of Blue Mysteries And Depths A Pretty Frenzy Reaching Borders

On my way home, I always walk by a small garden. It reached to the edge of a wooden door, with pale, thirsty branches. It extended the length of the wall in a patterned mesh; a crochet of varied greens - mint, sage, olive, lime - woven on a loo...

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]]> The Peacock Room tag:vox.com,2008-06-17:asset-6a00ccff930f92d75600fa967f13470002 2008-06-17T05:42:01Z 2008-06-27T04:20:13Z Aubrey http://thecaferoyal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Hothouse Feathers Light Cut Into The Dark Ruffled Feathers

On four walls he painted a glittering, gilded cacophony, golden feathers dripping down leather walls, wings that panted against the ceiling, multitudes of patterns that made a mockery of empty space. Peacocks make human noises; they scream and cr...

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]]> A Working Man tag:vox.com,2008-06-14:asset-6a00ccff930f92d75600fae8c2a70f000b 2008-06-14T00:32:03Z 2008-06-16T23:11:53Z Aubrey http://thecaferoyal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Tape Crusader G-Loved By All Edit Be Join Us In Celebrating

On May 30, my father retired. He had worked for 47 years at ABC as a video tape editor, slicing and splicing little vignettes of living, montages of still lives that would hold the television viewer's roaming attention. He was a patient and dedi...

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]]> Of Me And Meme tag:vox.com,2008-06-09:asset-6a00ccff930f92d75600fa967d4f860003 2008-06-09T06:28:10Z 2008-06-13T06:08:30Z Aubrey http://thecaferoyal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Scales From Satan's Schools A Place To Hang My Hat Pretty

That buoyant wit, Peg - of Tilling, as well as of 'dubious and questionable memory' - want to know more about me. She has, in fact tagged me - as if my poor hide wasn't scarred and raddled enough. I think you'll agree that she has some cheed, as...

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]]> If Birthday Wishes Were Fishes... tag:vox.com,2008-06-06:asset-6a00ccff930f92d75600fad68e09200005 2008-06-06T09:01:57Z 2008-06-16T22:52:49Z Aubrey http://thecaferoyal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

A Jazz Baby Speaks To Me

...then Aubrey would fry. But they remain wishes. I don't foresee them sprouting fins and scales, and I can't imagine myself wearing a chef's hat and an apron that says 'Fry A Little Tenderness'. So, even though today is my birthday, I will not ...

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