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 - essentially a coming-of-age story - and the title of the story, "Sleepwalk", comes from the instrumental hit of the late Fifties (Santo &...
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By Following In the Footsteps of Children…
By Following In the Footsteps of Children... *** We May Find Wonder Behold the Boy Behold the little boy on his own. He wanted to go ahead. He wanted it to do it on his own by himself, climbing the...
Слава Господу ми живі! – Thank God We’re Alive!
Слава Господу ми живі! - Thank God we're alive! *** Introduction - Вступ On the early morning of July 2, an obviously beautiful summer morning in Kyiv, Maxim, from his 11th story apartment, took the...
Postcard Stories – Jeanne Hebuterne – 1919 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian, 1884-1929 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Amedeo Modigliani - Jeanne Hébuterne - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Postcard Stories – Jeanne Hebuterne - 1919 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian, 1884-1929 – The Metropolitan Museum of ART *** A...
Bishop Avraamiy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine looks at the burning Dormition Cathedral during a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 15, 2026 – Єпископ Авраамій Православної Церкви України дивиться на палаючий Собор Успіння під час російського удару по Києву, Україна, 15 червня 2026 року.
*** Bishop Avraamiy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine looks at the burning Dormition Cathedral during a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 15, 2026. Єпископ Авраамій Православної Церкви...
He Always Wants Me to Rub His Bare Back, After I Tell Him a Story, or Something that Jesus Did or He Reads Me the Story He Wrote While Listening to Me – Always Wanting Just Two More Minutes of His Back Rub.
He always wants me to rub his bare back, after I tell him a story, or something that Jesus did or he reads me the story he wrote while listening to me - always wanting just two more minutes of his...
Postcard Story – Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis – Byzantine – 500-550, with Modern Restoration
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis - Byzantine - The Metropolitan Museum of Art *** Postcard Story - Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis - Byzantine...
When I Open the Kitchen Curtains, I So Enjoy Watching the Golden Sunlight Play upon the Hills – Sunday, April 26, 2026
When I Open the Kitchen Curtains, I So Enjoy Watching the Golden Sunlight Play upon the Hills - Sunday, April 26, 2026 *** In the morning, but especially on Sunday, when I open the kitchen curtains,...
Book Review: Auschwitz: A New History – Lawrence Rees – Published in Britain by BBC Books, 2005 – Published in the United States by PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
*** Book Review: Auschwitz: A New History - Lawrence Rees - Published in Britain by BBC Books, 2005 - Published in the United States by PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group. AUSHWITZ:...
Postcard Story – Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d’Ognes (1786–1868) – Marie Denise Villers – 1801 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
*** Marie Denise Villers - Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes (1786–1868) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art *** Postcard Story – Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes (1786–1868) – Marie...
Russia’s Good Friday Message to Kyiv, My Easter Greetings to Friends in Ukraine, & A Response of Sorts – Пасхальне послання Росії до Києва, мої великодні вітання друзям в Україні та своєрідна відповідь
Russia's Good Friday Message to Kyiv, My Easter Greetings to Friends in Ukraine, & A Response of Sorts Пасхальне послання Росії до Києва, мої великодні вітання друзям в Україні та своєрідна...