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These stories are true stories written about actual events that have occurred relating to me.
I – Idiosyncrasies: Will you stop doing that!
Will you stop doing that! Otto and Lina were having a conversation over dinner one night. Otto started with, “You know about that light thing, you know, you do all the time. You know, the one with which way, you … Continue reading →
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Tagged A to Z Blog Challenge, Harvey Heilbrun, idiosyncrasies
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C – Oh It’s Crying Time Again…
Oh, It’s Crying Time Again… I had to leave my classroom for a short meeting. A substitute was hired to cover my class for the few hours I was away. Unfortunately, this was the same day that our class pet, … Continue reading →
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A Body of Knowledge
A Body of Knowledge Body’s Report Why don’t you ever listen to me? I try to tell you, “Don’t do that!”, “You’re too old to attempt it.”, “This is going to hurt.”, “Did you even ask anyone for advice?” But … Continue reading →
Mindful thoughts
Dreams are nature’s way of saying take a break. Usually it is not a break within the framework of your life, but into a world where anything can happen. Occasionally it intensifies what is going on in your life and … Continue reading →
A Comedy of Errors
It was my 3rd year of teaching. I was teaching 6th grade. I was in the final stages of my Master’s project, which was to teach my social studies curriculum using the theme, “the History of Communication.” Way back in … Continue reading →
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Grow Up!
Grow up! My name was Uncle Itch. I believe that it came about from the fact that my nieces and nephews at a very young age preferred to call me that rather than Uncle H. The name stuck with me … Continue reading →
U – Just press “Undo”
What if life had an “undo” button? I wrote in my last blog about time travel (http://www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p=896). I mentioned that I wouldn’t be interested in going back into my own timeline, except to verify some things that I did or … Continue reading →
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Tagged A to Z Blog Challenge, time travel, Undo button
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K – I kid you not!
I start this off with a disclaimer – The following blog entry has no direct connection to any desire I have or have ever had. I love my wife and son, with all my heart, and have never had any … Continue reading →
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Tagged A to Z Blog Challenge, no kids
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In pursuit of happiness…
In today’s writer’s group, we each picked a phrase on a piece of paper out of a box and that was our topic to write about. Mine was “pursue happiness”: ————————————- We are endowed with certain unalienable Rights, and among … Continue reading →
Follow me? Not so fast!
We are a nation of followers. We latch onto an idea, a person, a group, and no matter what information is out there to clarify or dispute the reason that it is there, we follow. We follow those that love … Continue reading →
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