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Flatlander
In the old days, according to his people’s laws, it would have been perfectly fine to replace a relative who died with someone adopted into the family. That was especially the case if the relative had been murdered by a … Continue reading
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A Day in the Life of Gus Peterman
Gus Peterman had the rest of his days ahead to look forward to. Both of them Of course, that wasn’t much of a surprise. Once you’re diagnosed with terminal cancer, once you’ve gone through the whole denial, bargaining thing, you’re … Continue reading
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You Are So Very Welcome
Ellen Berliner offered the caller a ready excuse that her system was incredibly slow that morning. What with the holiday coming up and Covid going around there were simply an awful lot of calls coming in. It rolled off her … Continue reading
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Pursuit of Knowledge
Marshall arrived earlier than needed to the lecture hall and waited in the back, near the one entrance. He leaned casually, in a studied manner, against the door scribbling in his open notebook. Every other second, he looked up as … Continue reading
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Wilce’s Dream
At the persistence of his father, Cliff Skinner, his mother attempted a breathing technique to slow her labor enough to push her soon-to-be-born baby out at midnight. Clifford had heard that the first child of the new year would get … Continue reading
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What I Don’t Miss About Work
In the realm of financial services there is an array of exams one needs to pass, starting with the word “series” and followed by what seems an infinite number though, oddly, start with, like, a Series 3, skips to Series … Continue reading
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The Old Clock Stopped
The old clock stopped. The mirror it had faced for most of its life reflected a blotchy 6:32. It stopped there like the final date on a gravestone. Its brass pendulum dangled dormant below the face. It was new on … Continue reading
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A Hiking Trip
Hiking alone? At 4,000-something feet? In October? Honestly? Stupid, stupid and stupider. Insight comes at the wrong time, Frank thought, and it hit him that that was insight itself. He managed to laugh a little, and imagined a smile on … Continue reading
The Last Job That Piqued My Interest
I won’t kid you but there are downs to the ups of retiring in material comfort. There is, for example, the tendency to see more frequent, more dire, health issues and if not with you than certainly with people you … Continue reading
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Life Goes By Quick: Money Thoughts From A Boomer Retiree With Cancer
(I was given the opportunity to write a guest column for my #1 favorite blog, FinancialSaumari.com. Below is what I wrote along with some comments that really made my day. Do take a look at that website and add your … Continue reading
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