On Sunday, January 20, 2019, at around midnight, I submitted a short story of mine to the Chicago Tribune short story contest. Today, I was going through a folder I…
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As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’ve taken up calligraphy as a very minor pastime. I say minor. I’m not doing it to show off. Obviously. I can’t remember what…
Every few months I copy the text of a passage or a quote I like into the calligraphy hand I’m practicing at the time. And since at the moment I’m…
“I don’t have time for this, Rick” “Of course you do. You, of all people, have time. You just don’t know how to use it.” Ricky said, pulling out…
Once upon a time there were two brothers one was rich, he had many things and ate and drank well all his days. The other was poor, he had no…
“Many books require no thought from those who read them. And for a very simple reason: they required no such effort from those who wrote them” -Charles Caleb Colton Where…
A long time ago in not-so-distant lands When the only things tweeting were birds It was far more common to have calloused hands And everyfolk paid mind of their words…
Growing up I had a unique fascination with the relationship that existed between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War. If ever I had a term…
The company I work for has a tradition of a gift-exchange for Christmas. This year the price-limit was $15. My wife and I went to Target to find a last-minute…
Things like the passage below are why I carry a notebook everywhere I go. I get these ideas that I know will disappear in a few minutes. So I at…
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