Tag Archives: Harvey Heilbrun

The Word

The Word It’s on the tip of my tongue and I just can’t get it out. This is important. I’m a storyteller and can’t remember the words that I have to say to make this story work. This isn’t a … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving thoughts

Thanksgiving thoughts On this day of Thanksgiving, I chose to look up the meaning of both parts of the compound noun.  Here are some of the answers that I found. Thanks Thanks – used when we are grateful for things … Continue reading

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Play ball!

Play Ball! I don’t consider myself a great athlete, in fact when I was young, my father shared that opinion of me. He would have told you that he was somewhat disappointed with me in any sport I tried. Little … Continue reading

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Be careful what you wish for

Be Careful What You Wish For How would you use wishes if they were given to you? Let’s say that you have been granted 3 wishes you can use them as you will. There are those wishes that are worldly … Continue reading

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A Walk in the Park

A Walk in the Park Sometimes you have to take a break from the reality of this turbulent world and step back, disregard all of your electronic devices and smell the roses. Well in my case not actually smell roses, … Continue reading

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Uh Oh!

Uh Oh! I was in fourth grade. At the time there was no such thing as ADHD or another malady that might or might not have impacted your attention span…SQUIRREL!… Sorry, now where was I, oh yes, fourth grade. I … Continue reading

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Pirate Day!

Pirate Day In honor of “Talk like a pirate” day, my writing muse (better known as I dreamt this) brings to you the tales of three different pirates. ————————– Pirate number 1 – The dreaded Captain Deathstroke. He flies the … Continue reading

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What’s that tune?

What’s that tune? When I was very young, music was not a very important part of my life. That ended when I reached the age of 7 and someone gave me a harmonica as a present. Harmonicas were cool, all … Continue reading

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the Shadow knows…

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows… It was simply an outdoor basketball game. Three on three. Me, Ben and Joe. The sun was pretty high and shining down on us, we could see … Continue reading

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Characters on a Subway

This piece of writing was given as a prompt for my Writer’s Play workshop group. I was to pick one of these characters and write in the voice of that character. I chose to be all of them. Key to … Continue reading

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