Date: October 3, 2013

The Determined Lesson

It was a hot and humid summer day on the tobacco farm in rural North Carolina. This five year old wandered freely through the hills and fields wearing only shorts; no shirt, no shoes. Harvesting had not begun so there was ample time to while away with my co-conspirator Raymond, who was seven. Recalling observational […]

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Along The Journey

The street was cluttered with rickshaws, bicycles, and cars that were trying to navigate the passage to their destination that morning in what was then known as Bombay, India. The smell of diesel fumes and incense wafted into the taxi transporting the snugly secured Ahsha (my daughter) fastened around my neck and chest. We had […]

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After The Storm

Origional posting 10/1/2013 Hurricane Gloria roared across Long Island and the expanse of the Sound to slam onto the Connecticut shore. It was late in September of 1985 when nature showed only a portion of her majesty. Silt and debris blanketed our once thriving and lush Bayview lawn. Only a trickle of water had seeped […]

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