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These stories are true stories written about actual events that have occurred relating to me.
B: Blackout
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
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
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 →
Where did it go?
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 →
Social Silence
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 →
Time Thoughts
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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A Gift Given
A Gift Given Did you ever have that grandparent, aunt, or uncle that every birthday or holiday event gave you a present that made noise? You know what I mean. It was that toy fire truck, that when you pushed … Continue reading →
Who you are
Who you are Did you ever wonder who you are? I mean, what made you the person that you are. I have been thinking about that over the past few days and here’s what I came up with. Let’s start … Continue reading →
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Holiday Traditions
Holiday Traditions In my family when I was young, there were my parents, my two older sisters, and me. My grandparents had passed away prior to me being born and my half-brother was not to be discovered until I was … Continue reading →
Remember me
Remember Me I had a dream last night. A friend of mine came to visit, quite distraught. His mother had passed away and he did not know how to handle it. I was about to comfort him. I was going … Continue reading →
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