Category: My Prose
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A Touch Of Green
A Touch Of Green My Paternal Grandmother The sole outlier from the family tree That wends its way tween Alba’s rocky coasts, She planted unknown roots in this vast country, Roots that harkened back to Eire and unknown forebears. What proof? Just family lore and tales of fiery temper. Also a small box of ragged…
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Piping For Fun & Profit
Lesson #80 – Piping For Fun & Profit There is precious little fun and no profit that I’ve yet discovered. It is hard work, and if you’re looking for return on investment, after 40-ish years I don’t think I’ve reached break-even yet. I’m not complaining, I’m just making an observation. If I had any sense, I would give…
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Before & After
Before & After I think we all must come to the conclusion that there is no permanent solution to my “problem”. It was fated to be and there is no magic CRISPR bullet to change it. The CRISPR moment was 73 years ago and of course there was no gene manipulation in those primitive days.…
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Event Horizon
Event Horizon How would you like to follow me Beyond the edge, racing over the event horizon? I keep trying to achieve that tipping point Where time, space, light and matter Go somewhere else, beyond our pale senses To perceive them or to know them. It may be that Hoffman, Leary and Pollan, Horsemen of…
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Roe v Wade
Roe v Wade June 24th 2022 Roe vs Wade I choose the right to marry.I choose the right to a vasectomy.I choose the right to use a condom.I choose the right to sexual freedom.I choose the right to pursue a divorce.I choose the right to prostate surgery.I choose the right to purchase Viagra.I choose the…
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I Choose. June 24, 2022
I Choose. June 24, 2022 I Choose I choose the right to marry. I choose the right to a vasectomy. I choose the right to use a condom. I choose the right to sexual freedom. I choose the right to pursue a divorce. I choose the right to prostate surgery. I choose the right to…
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Piping For Fun & Profit
Piping For Fun & Profit There is precious little fun and no profit that I’ve yet discovered. It is hard, hard work and if you’re looking for return on investment, after 40-ish years I don’t think I’ve reached break-even yet. I’m not complaining, I’m just making an observation. If I had any sense, I would…
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Words
Words I carry no writing credentials. I have no list of literary accomplishments. I am unpublished, a practitioner without merit. I studied English at university many, many years ago but never completed a degree. I have an abiding respect for the power of words and an enduring love for the way in which the English…
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Other Days
Other Days You Must Do This! You Must Do That!! You Must Do The Other Thing!!! Ahhh ,,, No. Don’t think so. There’ll be other days and other days. Other days for this, other days for that, and other days for other things. That’s called hope. The basis of salvation so I’m told. The hope,…
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A House Is Not A Home
A House is not a Home ( photo credit Diane M.) A House is a collection of things. Many things are old and precious, reminders of times and events long passed. These things are hard to part with but live on in memory and never fade. A great many things are those that have…
Palimpsest 