The Writings of Chris Orozco
Fiction, Non-fiction, Thoughts, Meditations, and Musings on Life and Death, Family and Friends, Current Issues and History, Nature and Gardens, Spirituality and Faith, and Everything In-Between & Beyond.
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Sebastian – Non-Fiction Short Story Excerpt
Sebastian - Non-Fiction Short Story Excerpt Opening Paragraph … and then he paused and looked at me for a moment and smiled, not the smile of a street jokester or comedy club hopeful, but the smile...
My Friend Jackie – Non-Fiction Story Excerpt
My Friend Jackie - Non-Fiction Story Excerpt December 2016 Late Christmas Eve. We had just arrived home from our traditional tamale dinner at my sister’s home and I sat down at my desk for a...
Sleepwalk – Non-Fiction Story Excerpt – “As I walked over the playground towards…where our 7th grade classroom was, all of a sudden, I was surrounded by a pack of boys from my class all shouting and waving their arms and I noticed also a group of the girls a little farther on watching all the commotion around me”.
Introduction: "Sleepwalk" is a non-fiction story of about 145 pages, which deals with my relationship at my Catholic elementary school, with two classmates, a girl and a boy, both initially...
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Postcard Stories –Icarus, Empire State Building – Lewis Hine, American, 1874-1940 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lewis Hine - Icarus, Empire State Building - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Postcard Stories –Icarus, Empire State Building – Lewis Hine, American, 1874-1940 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art ***...
Maxim – Brief Reflection – I Live in an Apartment on the 11th Floor. My House is the Very Last One, So When I’m at My Desk I Can See the Yellow-Green Autumn Landscape Stretching Out Before Me. – Максим – Коротке роздуми – Я живу в квартирі на 11-му поверсі. Мій будинок — останній у ряду, тож коли я сиджу за своїм письмовим столом, переді мною розкривається жовто-зелений осінній пейзаж.
Maxim - Brief Reflection - I Live in an Apartment on the 11th Floor. My House is the Very Last One, So When I'm at My Desk I Can See the Yellow-Green Autumn Landscape Stretching Out Before Me....
In the Home Depot Parking Lot, a Young Man with His Phone in His Hands, Watched Something in the Sky Moving Above Him and He Took Pictures. I Looked Up. The Late Afternoon Sky Was Alive with Flocks of Birds. He Said He Loved Watching Birds.
In the Home Depot Parking Lot, a Young Man with His Phone in His Hands, Watched Something in the Sky Moving Above Him and He Took Pictures. I Looked Up. The Late Afternoon Sky Was Alive with Flocks...
Postcard Stories – Feeding the Ducks – 1894 – Mary Cassatt, American, 1844-1926 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mary Cassatt - Feeding the Ducks - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Postcard Stories – Feeding the Ducks - 1894 – Mary Cassatt, American, 1844-1926 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Third Granddaughter...
Around the Spring Equinox, Maxim, Igor & Other Ukrainian Friends Would be with Us, & Yesterday, as I Thought of Them, I Took Photos of the Morning Sunlight of the Autumn Equinox Shining, as if by Memory, Upon Where They Sat at Our Table in the Spring, in the Early Morning Light. – Навколо весняного рівнодення Максим, Ігор та інші українські друзі будуть з нами, а вчора, коли я думав про них, я зробив фотографії ранкового сонячного світла осіннього рівнодення, що сяяло, немов з пам’яті, на тому місці, де вони сиділи за нашим столом весною, в ранковому світлі.
*** Around the Spring Equinox, Maxim, Igor & Other Ukrainian Friends Would be with Us, & Yesterday, as I Thought of Them, I Took Photos of the Morning Sunlight of the Autumn Equinox Shining,...
On September 8, I Wrote Maxim and Alena: “I Was Going to Write You a Much Shorter Note Asking How You Were and Telling You That I Was Still Praying for You and Ukraine.” To Date I Have Not Received a Response. – Восьмого вересня я написав Максиму та Альоні: “Я збирався написати вам набагато коротшу записку, питаючи, як ви, і кажучи, що я все ще молюся за вас та Україну.” На сьогодні я не отримав відповіді.
On September 7, for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Kiev's main government building was hit in the newly intensified missile and drone attacks upon the capital. 7...
Postcard Stories – In the Garden at Argenteuil – Camille Monet – 1876 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Claude Monet - Camille Monet (1847–1879) in the Garden at Argenteuil - The Metropolitan Museum of Art *** Postcard Stories – In the Garden at Argenteuil – Camille Monet - 1876 - The Metropolitan...
Maxim: It was right at the time when you wrote a letter about Nazism, the burning of books, and after books, the burning of people. We were in Berlin at Humboldt University Square and saw a small memorial about this historical event. It was very helpful to think about it again. – Максим: Саме в той час, коли Ви написали листа про нацизм, спалювання книжок і після книжок, спалювання людей. Ми були в Берліні на площі універсітета Гумбальда і бачили невеличкий меморіал про цю історичну подію. Це було дуже корисно, знову думати про це.
Featured Photo: On the night of 20-21 August, Russia launched a missile strike on Mukachevo. The missiles hit a civilian business, the America Flex plant. It was reported that 19 people...
My Love of Books, Knowledge & Learning – Prerequisites for a Holocaust – The Book Burning Already Upon Us – Our Response and Responsibility Now – Book Burning & Children Carted Off
My Love of Books, Knowledge & Learning - Prerequisites for a Holocaust - The Book Burning Already Upon Us - Our Response and Responsibility Now - Book Burning & Children Carted Off *** My...
Postcard Story – The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right – Leonardo da Vinci – 1510-13 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
*** Leonardo da Vinci | The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right | The Metropolitan Museum of Art *** Postcard Story – The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right –...