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One Christmas Morning
(This was the result of a writing ‘prompt’ in my writing class, where we were asked to fictionalize a real Christmas encounter. I won’t tell you which part of this is the real and which is the fictional. Unless you … Continue reading
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Trade Of a Lifetime
The memo went around the trading floor. Finally, after threatening, after complaining, after squeezing an added few weeks to his already long vacation allowance, after working remotely two days a week, and after years of discussing his rich bucket list … Continue reading
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Encounter in a Park
I. The senior partner raised his glass for one final toast to the departing 3L, a third-year law student who’d come in for the Christmas Party. He’d just been offered a position to start at the end of the … Continue reading
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Baby Boomers Will Be a Drag on Stock Market Rebound
(This appeared on WealthManagement.com on Jan 7) Those who own the most equities don’t have a lot of time to recover before retirement, and are likely to sell into any rally. David Ader | Jan 07, 2019 (Bloomberg Opinion) –There’s been an … Continue reading
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Last Remains
Deano bent over the camping gear in the attic, brushing away the cobwebs and dried out flies, careful not to lift his head to the sloped roof with nails sticking down through any number of the shingles that had been … Continue reading
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Allagash Sentimental
(I’ve been dry on ideas and forced myself to write it. Reminded me of how I feel with scrawny Christmas trees. I won’t force you to read it, though!) I’m going cut down my Christmas tree today. I don’t think … Continue reading
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A Second Childhood
I cut down a Christmas tree. The tree farm was massive for Fairfield County. A hundred acres at least, filled with thousands of trees ranging from small and just planted to massive and requiring a chain saw to chop down … Continue reading
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Staying Home
(A tad too close to home? Well, it’s a bit of Maple Ave and Sudbury, I won’t deny, and a bit of me these days.) “We’re done here Mr. Goodrich!” It was the guy in charge of the movers, Joey … Continue reading
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The Feast
(This is one of my earlier stories for the class taught by Patrick McCord of Write Yourself Free and a bloody fine teacher he is. The story got some positive attention in class and I rather like it myself.) THE … Continue reading
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Fiction
Curmudgeon Little Ones The Better Version Scarecrow & Dorothy Urge To Go In Counter A Serious Lucky Streak The Devil’s Disciple Magic Mushrooms Coaxial This Island Hopping A Virtual Life Oskar Forsooth Sayer Hold That Head High Mistaken Identities From … Continue reading
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