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Radical Acceptance
A Different Kind of Poem There is a tree. Most of the leaves have fallen. Autumn is almost spent. Tangled in the near...
School’s Out
Circa 1930s If you’re looking to read tales of exciting adventures, travels to exotic lands, expeditions to unexplore...
Serendipity
Recently I was asked how the musicians’ strike of the 1940s impacted the way I listened to music the rest of my life. ...
Snapshot of a Little Girl La
The request, as I understood it, was to locate a photo or snapshot of something significant in my life that I would like...
The “Greatest Generation
Prologue I expect that there may be some disagreement with some of these observations. But let me state at the outset th...
The Holes in the Pool Room W
Ca late 1920s It was a beautiful early summer morning. The sun was already promising a hot day – and there was a gent...
The Miracle
It could be said that I was too young at the time to have any memory of this incident. And yet I do remember a few littl...
The Most Peculiar Disappeara
There are stray people who, much like a stray dog, will quietly wander into your life, stay for a while, and then withou...
They Don’t Make Marshmallo
The marshmallows one can find in the stores today bear no resemblance to those of yesteryear. Oh --- I know what you’...
White Wool Stockings
Way back in the dark ages of the 1930’s, young girl children wore short ankle socks and sandals during late Spring and...
On Facing Death
A very short story to ponder: Two little old ladies, both in their 80s. Both have been suddenly stricken with a terminal...
School Days – A Lesson Lea
Ca. 1937 – or so. My school years, grades K – 8, were spent in a dilapidated, crumbling, red-brick New York City Pu...
