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Los Angeles Fires & Emails with Friends in Ukraine – “When I Looked at the Photos of the Burned Houses in Your City, it Reminded Me … of Those Places and Cities in Ukraine that Were Destroyed After Enemy Shelling” – “Пожежі в Лос-Анджелесі та листування з друзями в Україні – “Коли я подивилася на фотографії спалених будинків у вашому місті, мені це нагадало… тих місць і міст України, які були зруйновані після ворожих обстрілів”
Los Angeles Fires & Emails with Friends in Ukraine – “When I Looked at the Photos of the Burned Houses in Your City, it Reminded Me … of Those Places and Cities in Ukraine that Were Destroyed After Enemy Shelling” - "Пожежі в Лос-Анджелесі та листування з друзями в Україні - "Коли я подивилася...
Paragraphs from this Website – Writing In The Shade Of Trees – Quoted in a Book for Academic and Popular Audiences – Another Milestone of Sorts
Laurie M. Johnson The Gap in God's Country A Longer View on our Culture Wars This book - The Gap in God's Country, A Longer View on our Culture Wars - written by Laurie Johnson, a professor of political science at Kansas State University, president of the Maurin Academy...
An Autumn Sonata – With Written Adagio Musings in Three Movements
An Autumn Sonata – With Written Adagio Musings in Three Movements A sonata is a musical form generally composed of three or four different movements in contrasting musical styles and keys of music. The movements traditionally include a fast-opening movement, a slow second movement – an adagio - a...
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...