Category Archives: Personal Stories

These stories are true stories written about actual events that have occurred relating to me.

Seeing is Believing

Posted on April 10, 2022 by hdh

Seeing is Believing It was an illusion after all. Why should I have believed what I was seeing?  “But seeing is believing? A voice within me said.  “That’s not true,” I said to myself. Magicians use this kind of trick … Continue reading →

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H: Hurricane Gloria – 1985

Posted on April 9, 2022 by hdh

H: Hurricane Gloria – 1985 October 6, 1985 Jeff, What a week this has been! It started when Hurricane Gloria hit Long Island on the 27th. Trees were down as was power all over the Island. We didn’t go back … Continue reading →

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F: Future Insights

Posted on April 7, 2022 by hdh

F: Future Insights  April 7, 2022 Dear Future Me, I could use a little help here. You don’t have to tell me everything, sometimes it’s best to not know what is going to happen. But you do know what mistakes … Continue reading →

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D: Deep Snow

Posted on April 5, 2022 by hdh

Deep Snow February 14, 1969 Dear Jeff, I hope you are doing well with all this snowfall. It’s been kind of fun for me. Lucky for me I’m not in the city anymore, at least for the school year. I … Continue reading →

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B: Blackout

Posted on April 2, 2022 by hdh

Blackout – 1965 October 1, 1965 Dear Jeffrey, I was given your name and address as part of an assignment by Miss Gersch my English teacher. Everyone in our class had to pick a name out of a box and … Continue reading →

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Never Fool Me, Once is Enough

Posted on March 31, 2022 by hdh

Never Fool Me, Once is Enough  Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I wondered where and when that quote came from? I’ve read: The earliest recording of this proverb in print is from a … Continue reading →

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Follow the Leader

Posted on March 22, 2022 by hdh

Follow the Leader The definition of the word “leader” according to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language is one who is in charge or command of others. In the animal kingdom, the leader would be the foremost animal, … Continue reading →

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Where did it go?

Posted on February 14, 2022 by hdh

Where did it go? There’s a song by Pete Seeger, Get Up And Go, in which the chorus goes like this: How do I know my youth is all spent? My get up and go, has got up and went. … Continue reading →

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Social Silence

Posted on January 20, 2022 by hdh

Social Silence I am a person who spent most of my life interacting with others. My job was to learn and pass on that learning to the people that I worked with. I never realized how much being with people … Continue reading →

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Time Thoughts

Posted on January 13, 2022 by hdh

Time Thoughts For those of you that want to know how my mind works when I write, here’s how I wrote this piece: I was in my writing group on Zoom, when the story spark was about to be given … Continue reading →

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