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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 of a person thoughtfully and sadly trying to connect the darkness and chill of the evening with the...
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 Sacramento to pick up the ice cream cake - Oreo Cookie - for my grandson's birthday party. An...
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 major public gatherings, such as a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, for me, interracial couples no longer...
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 Hallmark, there are three bullets, souvenirs of a visit to one of at the seven American Civil War...
The Problem with Only Traveling First Class
The Problem with Only Traveling First Class The problem that arises by only traveling first class and always staying in first class hotels and accommodations, and only dining at first class restaurants and attending first class events, is that after a while, our estimation and consideration of...
No One Can Say They Have “Favorite” Holocaust Photos. Favorite as a Word Does Not Exist in That World. No, One Only Has Those Which Have Deeply Touched Within, Those in Which We Recognize Ourselves & in Which We Recognize Our Mother, or Brother, Childhood Playmates, or Grandfather, or One’s Own Little Girl or Grandchild, of Which There Should Be Many in These Photos.
No One Can Say They Have "Favorite" Holocaust Photos. Favorite as a Word Does Not Exist in That World. No, One Only Has Those Which Have Deeply Touched Within, Those in Which We Recognize Ourselves & in Which We Recognize Our Mother, or Brother, Childhood Playmates, or Grandfather, or One's...
Paris –The Joy of Being Insignificant & Exhilarated Before the Iconic and Grand, & the Deep & Quiet Joys of Our Yearnings to be Together with the Exuberances of our Shared Human Life, that, at Times, Come Before Our Eyes
Paris –The Joy of Being Insignificant & Exhilarated Before the Iconic and Grand, & the Deep & Quiet Joys of Our Yearnings to be Together with the Exuberances of our Shared Human Life, that, at Times, Come Before Our Eyes *** When you travel, many times when you encounter something that...
“Ecce Homo” – “Behold the Man”
“Ecce Homo” – “Behold the Man” *** John 19:5 Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the Man!” *** I bought this medal of sterling silver when I was a junior in high school, at the San Fernando Mission gift shop, as a gift...