Rawthaw
By ice rivers
Natural wisdom is a collaboration.
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Dublin Tracks
While Dublin Tracks melted Unsaved works were indeed deleted Lost forever while filed incompleted Let's see where we were when. Then they boarded...
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None to Soon Again
I got fixated on writing sonnets. Once I started, I just kept going. I wanted to write one hundred of them. For months I would be lost in thought,...
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Three Trees
The sign on the rock and roll bar said for boulders only. Three trees; pine, maple, and elm. decided to stop in for a drink hoping that the boulders...
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Advocating for Rivers
For God's sake put Johnny Rivers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Dude has paid his dues from New York to Louisiana back to Greenwich Village and...
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Lead in Two Lifelines
When Ovid Peets was in second grade, he received his first pencil - a gleaming, freshly sharpened instrument of creativity. It was Ovid's...
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Richard Belzer Redux
Belzer, Is That You ? I have a fond memory of Richard. My memory stretches back 20 years to the first time we ever took Mary to New York city. Mary...
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Megan of Willowbrook
Megan of Willowbrook (part One) Everybody in Willowbrook, Connecticut was familiar with and fascinated by the the portrait of Edgar Blackwood that...
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Megan Begins With the Dagger
She knelt before it, and with trembling hands, she lifted the heavy lid. Inside the trunk, Megan discovered a treasure trove of curiosities. Maps,...
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Ethereal Serial Fullfilled
Megan was triply absorbed. She was feeling fulfilled. She was reading Penny Rider's decoding of the Sage Tamarind/Evermore document and thinking...
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Gagging at Gaggles
Yesterday, Lynn and I went on what we call the Turtle Walk to get our steps in for the day. The Turtle walk is a stroll around a local man made pond...
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Literal and Figurative Dawnings
Lynn gets up every morning before dawn to get her first cup of coffee. She unintentionally (?) wakes me up. At this peaceful time, the ideas that I...
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The Awe and Terror of First Dawning
I recall my first dawn with a mixture of terror, awe, frustration and reverence. I was an altar boy preparing to serve my first mass. The mass was...
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It Dawned on Me Last Night
Something essential has changed within me. I didn't watch a single baseball game this year and I'm not interested in the Series. My disinterest began...
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Modern Teaching
When I was a teacher with a classroom, I developed a personal coda that I used to guide and formulate my teaching style, methods and material. My...
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Joe Kenda is No Joke
Once upon a time on the network it was Joe Friday in Dragnet . Today, it's Joe Kenda on the stream in Homicide Hunter . We watch Kenda almost every...
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You're Invited to Robyn's Party
Writing an essay is an intellectual party and a party requires planning. Robyn was having a thought. She didn't know if it was a perception, a memory...
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The Residence of Old Teachers
Old teachers never die. We take up residence In the hearts of our students where we linger forever. We show up wherever We'e needed most for whatever...
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Last Round
My last Rochester June was busting out all over. I had invited Deke and Crown to Champion Hills for what would be my final round at this course that...
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Back of Front Flap Cover If There Was One
Unveil the Conclusion of an Unforgettable Trilogy: Fullfilled (Ethereal Serial) Welcome to the thrilling culmination of a journey like no other. "...
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Lilac's Drake Hill Party
Halfway up Drake Hill, Gary and Karen lived a life that unintentionally resembled an ongoing sitcom. Gary, a cromulent man with a flair for the...
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Jennifer
We are separated by an ocean. We will never meet. We should have met in LA at the Whiskey or at a Moody Blues concert but years separated us. She is...
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Route 666
Network teevee was in its death throttles. Hamstrung by censors and commercialization, the networks were getting blown away by streaming services. In...
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Constitutional Concerns
I'm growing concerned about my knowledge of the US Constitution even though I probably know more about it than the average citizen which is sad in...
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Constitutional Commandments
For those people who defend the intractability of the Constitution, the 10 commandments stand as a monument and example of immutable pemanence as a...
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Concluding Constitutional Commandments Sorta
To replicate, update, to make the Constitution and Commandments more universal and less exclusive; we need a preamble, seven articles, a bill of...
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Trailer for A House Near You
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times In a world where silence speaks louder than words, a peaceful afternoon descends into an eerie...
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No Hard Feelings
To paraphrase Tolstoy: "Agreeable experiences are all alike; every frustrating encounter, however, is frustrating in its own way." In the hum of a...
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Further Exploration of The Exorcist
The first words of "The Exorcist," a novel written by William Peter Blatty, are: "Even in the deepest slumber, she was aware of the footsteps." I've...
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Thanksgiving Faux Pas Redux
I've learned a great lesson this Thanksgiving. Everything was going wonderfully. I gave a brief toast about the circumstances how they seemingly...
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Outstanding in the Bedroom
My favorite room? My favorite room is wherever I sleep the most. In our home, I primarily sleep in two rooms: our bedroom and my man cave. The man...
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Anachronisms
Anachronisms are fascinating elements that disrupt the chronological flow of time, bringing elements from different eras into a single context. These...
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Byron's Bra
Byron stood in front of his closet, scanning through the familiar array of shirts, trousers, and ties. It was an ordinary Tuesday morning, and the...
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Chilling with Byron
Like all freshly created characters, Byron thought that he was alone. I decided to clue him in using "the voice" rather than introducing another...
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Anticipating Further Inspiration
Byron slowly opened his eyes, finding himself back in his room, the remnants of his peculiar adventure still lingering in his mind. The voice, now...
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Haylen and Donna Arrive Announced
BYRON: A book? What kind of book are we talking about? VOICE: It's the third book of a trilogy called Ethereal Serial. You've also been mentioned in...
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Duxbury Farm
Lynn loves dogs especially from a distance. Our daughter Erin prefers them closer. Erin has three big dogs and Lynn freaked out when the number hit...
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The Treasure of Barbie on the Day After
Lynn was disappointed with Barbie because she was expecting more gentle nostalgia. Erin was neutral. Belma had seen it before. Hamish hung in there...
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No Mystery Was Death
Let's take it back to the beginning oh yeah When there was no history and no mystery was death. What we now call sunset and dawn were as coincidental...
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Examining Conscious
Last night, as usual, we were watching a true crime story. In the story a man is stabbed and leaves a blood trail which leads back to the site of his...
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Capturing Walt Up On The Roof
A giant turkey vulture had perched on the roof of a house across the street from us on Serenity. We often see turkey vultures from a comforting...
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Dude looks like Coop
Leonard Bernstein was my idol for about 6 months. My worship centered around his composition of West Side Story . The movie blew me away and earned...
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The Danger of Sprayin' and Prayin'
I wish professors were teachers and high school teachers were less professorial. Professors in higher education focus more on research and...
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Broken Records and Push Buttons
My first car had a push button transmission. I couldn't believe how easy it was to switch gears without the gearshift nor the clutch. For most of my...
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Topsy in Three Parts
Once upon a time, Ringo Starr was guesting on a New York City talk show. Wild Bill was in the audience. At the close of the show Ringo offered a Q...
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Iron Claw Review
Let's begin with Joan Crawford's shoe. I was reading a biography of Crawford who claimed that much of her early success came from her dancing as a...
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Good Old Number 77
This morning, we called Alexa and asked the question "at what age is a person considered 'old'"? Her answer was short and to the point, "a person is...
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Crave Control
Once upon a time I could resist anything but temptation and there were plenty of temptations around so I learned to avoid near occasions of...
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Asterisks
Deep into the first day of resistance to craving, I earned an asterisk. I told Lynn about my theory. She smiled and said, "how about a bowl of mint...
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Cash On the Line
In 1956, my family was among the first on our block to own a high fidelity record player. It was an Admiral and could play records at four different...
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M the P and Missy
M the P and Missy Once upon a time, there was dog named Max, part corgi and part pug. Max was the oddest looking dog you ever want to see. Max loved...
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From the Merch to the Eagle Inn
By June, Daryll had drifted 30 miles West to the city where he discovered that the city wasn't much different from the village other than more people...
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Dialogue 3
Krell: Let’s get back to the elephant in the room. Ice: Ya mean the elephant head at the Eastman house? Krell: Let’s save that one for another time...
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