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Posts published in “Essays”

The Last Fire Team

I was still about half drunk when my plane touched down in San Diego. It had been three weeks since I signed my enlistment papers,…

Comes An Arkie [2000]

When you leave California and return to Arkansas in the spring time, you immediately notice how red the earth is and how green the grass…

New Year’s Resolutions

How much of a joke are New Years resolutions, actually there’re not really funny, have been thoroughly discredited, and exposed as a silly ritual which…

A Christmas I’ve Already Forgotten

Well that was a Christmas not to remember.  First there weren’t any presents under the tree that I didn’t put up in the living room,…

Let’s Pretend the Truth Really Matters

Seen you in the supermarket you and Lily Tomlin got a big hit and leaning in for Hillary I ain't surprised not one little bit…

Maestro Mania

The essential trait shared by creators of movies and symphonies is vanity. Neither form of expression would exist without the unshakeable belief of the director…

My Uncle’s War

In my childhood, I was surrounded by evidence that there was something very important going on. Down half a block and around the corner a…

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