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Bigger than a bread box, older than the end of WWII.

DS

The subject doctor was a gynecologist but I didn't want a picture of gynecologist at work Word count 484                                                               DS As an eighty year old, all of my previous generation are gone, as well as a former best friend. Of my two previous important … Continue reading DS

Kingdom Collapse

Word count 1041                                            On July 5 of 2033 Antarctic bases McMurdo, Davis, Casey and others reported earthquakes of 6 magnitude on the Richter scale.  South Africa and Tierra Del Fuego in South America had minor tsunamis shortly after the earthquakes.  Helicopters flew to the … Continue reading Kingdom Collapse

Early Life

Word Count 714                                                              I’ve heard that one mostly remembers the good time. It is true about much of the early life that I can remember from the late 1940s to the mid 1950s. That period, and to a large extent, somewhat later was in … Continue reading Early Life

Scatterbrain

Word count 128                                                    Scatterbrain Odd remembrances haunt my lazy, bored brain.  Almost drowning when very young.  Do I really remember it, or do I picture it as it was described to me?  My older sister says that it did happen.  The now great grandmother and widow … Continue reading Scatterbrain

Floating

Word count 100 On the way to our waterhole, I noticed something hanging from my ballcap.  Repeated brushing did not get rid of what I had thought was a spider on a thread.  Checked eyebrows and eyelash – no.  Eventually had to accept it was … Continue reading Floating

Nature Of Oregon

Sturgeon Word Count 877                                                  I grew up in Oregon, wandered about the country for thirty years, and then came back for the last twenty-five.  There is much to complain about here – the politics and many of the people for two, but there is … Continue reading Nature Of Oregon