Tag: fiction
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Writing Prompt:
Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met? There are some ladies from Channel 2 and 10 I have seen in person at some restaurant in Terre Haute. However, I think I consider the most famous at the time I met her not once but twice within a short period of…
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The Nuances of Life
Yesterday I ended up driving my Mom and brother to the podiatrist. Not quite 2 weeks since surgery and I’ve still got a couple more days with it on. Again I found myself sitting right in front of my former workplace. A distant memory came back to me. The church lady and friend Yvonne came…
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The Morning After
For some reason I don’t remember sleeping very well that first night. Not having my medicine was a big part of it, but I did do a lot of resting in the hospital waiting on the Anesthesiologist, and then waiting on my original bed in the pre-op area again. I spent no less than an…
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God Is In The Details
All week long I have been intently observing three different scenarios. The first being my younger brother. Then the news that nearly brought me to tears with Daniel Penny’s acquittal. The last one didn’t hit me until Monday night, but I knew the date was coming fast. Monday the not guilty verdict was what America…
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Again, Last Week…
Days later some things really started heating up. Only I didn’t realize it until noontime on either Thursday or Friday. This is when we first heard Bear Run Mine was closed. Noontime family meals all run together because cooking in the kitchen gets really hot. So which day I heard what goes in one ear…
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Life Is Crazy
Since the attempted assassination two weeks ago politics have gotten just as crazy. Sunday was inevitable, but not a surprise. Yet the message was clear something was happening behind the scenes to make such a sudden change. Summers always go too fast. Time with my niece is still too short, but moments we cherish. The…
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Experience Versus Reality
Have you had an experience where it was pretty much nothing like the way you thought it should be? That was this morning for us! I know that things happen and we can’t always anticipate what will happen and each scenario with every patient. I have lived through this in Dialysis Clinics. We prepare as…
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Sunday Night Thoughts
It has been quite the weekend. Most of my Saturday was working on the other part of my special project. However, it seems like when it rains it pours and lately it is pouring down cats and dogs around here. We somehow still have stink bugs around here and bugs that we have sprayed and sprayed…
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A Line of Birthdays
I am not certain that we celebrated all together very many times. Papaw Freddy’s older brother, Horace was born on the 21st, the day after mine. So literally once I arrived the line got even longer. It was me then Horace, his grandsons, and then his daughter in laws. That is four Alsman Birthdays in…
Jewells of Thought 