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 Story – Garden at Sainte-Adresse – Claude Monet – 1867 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Claude Monet | Garden at Sainte-Adresse | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) Postcard Story – Garden at Sainte-Adresse – Claude Monet - 1867 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art *** Oldest...
Book Review – Irena’s Children – The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto – A True Story of Courage – Tilar J. Mazzeo – Gallery Books, New York, 2016
Book Review - Irena's Children - The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto - A True Story of Courage - Tilar J. Mazzeo - Gallery Books, New York, 2016 ***...
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...
Postcard Story – Denise at Her Dressing Table – Mary Cassatt – 1908-1909 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mary Cassatt | Denise at Her Dressing Table | American | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) Postcard Story – Denise at Her Dressing Table – Mary Cassatt – 1908-1909 – The Metropolitan...
A Butter Pecan Ice Cream Cone at a Baskins-Robbins in Sacramento – She Held on to Her Walker with Hands so Gnarled and Misshapen that They Were Painful to Behold
A Butter Pecan Ice Cream Cone at a Baskins-Robbins in Sacramento - She Held on to Her Walker with Hands so Gnarled and Misshapen that They Were Painful to Behold *** I went to a Baskin-Robbins in...
A Tale of Two Grandfathers Separated by Distance and Some Years in Time
A Tale of Two Grandfathers Separated by Distance and Some Years in Time Los Angeles is a very diverse city and home to many diverse interracial marriages. When out grocery shopping, or in...
Postcard Story – A Goldsmith in His Shop, Possibly Saint Eligius – Petrus Christus – 1449 –The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Petrus Christus | A Goldsmith in his Shop | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) Postcard Story – A Goldsmith in His Shop, Possibly Saint Eligius – Petrus Christus - 1449 –The Metropolitan...
I Also Didn’t Have the Opportunity to Rest and Have at Least Some Kind of Vacation. Now I Feel Very Exhausted. У мене теж не було можливості відпочити і мати хоч якусь відпустку. Зараз я почуваюся дуже виснаженою.
I Also Didn't Have the Opportunity to Rest and Have at Least Some Kind of Vacation. Now I Feel Very Exhausted. У мене теж не було можливості відпочити і мати хоч якусь відпустку. Зараз я почуваюся...
Civil War Bullets & My Mom’s Sewing Thimbles in the Curio Box from Hallmark upon the Wall
Civil War Bullets & My Mom’s Sewing Thimbles in the Curio Box from Hallmark upon the Wall Among all the thimbles and the other little treasures and souvenirs within the wooden curio box from...
Postcard Story – Madame Roulin and Her Baby – Vincent van Gogh – 1888 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vincent van Gogh | Madame Roulin and Her Baby | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) Postcard Story – Madame Roulin and Her Baby – Vincent van Gogh – 1888 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art...