Nights like This Agatha’s father’s death scarred her. Those years that she and her mother were alone were devastating to her. Her mother, a widow, trying to run a shipping business; Agatha, left with whoever could care for her; The…
View writing"Keep dancing. Keep dreaming. Keep the music alive." - Phil Lesh Phil Lesh, a long-time original member of the Grateful Dead, passed away in late October last year. I posted the song "Truckin'" that I played on ukulele just a…
View writingHer father's death scarred Agatha. Those years that her and her mother were alone devastated her. Her mother, trying to run the shipping business by herself. Agatha, left with whoever could care for her. She was so confused about what…
View writingSince I lost my precious Guinness the Cat on December 17, 2024, my beautiful 19-year-old furry black cat with white on his chest and chin, my big boy who was my soul mate, muse, and best friend, I have not…
View writingThe party was at the home of one of Ryan’s teachers, his Senior Seminar English teacher – the place where you were helped to explore boundaries both literary and expressive and, I guess, behavioral. I was a pretty cynical adolescent.…
View writingThis would be one of Nemi's favorite assignments ever , and she enjoyed knowing that this clean-up job would help the world in enormous and meaningful ways. Nemesis Rassov’s life felt like a dream: a dream of dancing bullets, and…
View writingSixteen was an age of shyness. At sixteen, Agatha was shy. She loved books and history and languages and reading. That beauty did not go unnoticed even if her head was always in a book. Agatha met Ernst in a…
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