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MOSQUE by Robert A. Mills 8/13/2014 2:58:35 PM
MOSQUE-WED, AUG 13, 2014 I have been there four times — twice on a bus (day trips) when I sang at the Mosque as a member of the Maury High Glee Club, and twice, also from Norfolk, as an adult (I was twenty the third time and graduated) when I ... more
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PLS by Robert A. Mills 7/26/2014 7:34:47 AM
I still have Primary Lateral Sclerosis — I assume, to be honest, I always will. But it ain’t so bad; at least it isn’t painful and fatal, like ALS. Nothing is that bad. So they tell me. Wednesday, the 17th , was my 83rd birthday; gee, just se... more
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AUNTIE by Robert A. Mills 7/5/2014 7:18:32 AM
Grandpa and Grandma Lasch (my mother’s parents) met (somehow) in Pittsburgh. I say ‘somehow’ because neither spoke the other’s language. Grandpa was a Croatian Jew who knew no English and Grandma (Lizzy Maugham) was just the opposite — unless Grandma... more
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Thinking Aloud by Mac Hermann 6/4/2014 4:13:29 PM
I don't know about you, but methinks writing a true story like an autobiography is much easier than writing fiction.... more
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SHAW by Robert A. Mills 6/4/2014 6:56:31 AM
SHAW – June 14, 2014 - Wed
A self-anointed 8-handicapper, I wanted only to play golf with the late actor Robert Shaw, but I wound up getting blind drunk with him instead.
We met in the First Class Lounge at Aer Lingus at Kennedy in ... more
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Birthing a Project by Jan Sikes 6/3/2014 8:01:22 AM
The cold iron bars and forty foot walls of Leavenworth prison could not keep the rebel from his rose.... more
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LEXOPHILES - May 31, 2014 by Robert A. Mills 5/31/2014 9:06:15 AM
The same day we were sent to interview Milton Berle we were also sent to the King James Motel on Monroe Ave. in Rochester to interview David Brenner, who, according to a news broadcast Chris and I saw on NBC-TV in 2014, had recently died . “Da... more
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CHRISTMAS - MAY 14, 2014 (Wed)) by Robert A. Mills 5/14/2014 7:04:20 AM
CHRISTMAS – May 14, 2014 (Wed) I once stole a Christmas tree. There was a grocery store, a neighborhood market of sorts, at the corner of Jay and Child Streets. I lived just off Child. in half a rented house (the kitchen was upstairs!).... more
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FRANCES & FRIENDS - May 3 by Robert A. Mills 5/3/2014 3:13:07 PM
Not all communities in metro Atlanta were as fortunate as Chatsworth (off Mabry) to have survived virtually unscathed by Hurricane Frances and its tropical storm siblings, although we did have our moments.
I was at my desk quite early that T... more
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A Turnkey or Not? by Tony Levy 4/26/2014 12:16:42 AM
A fantastic review of my book is now on Goodreads ... more
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Writing True Crime by JoAnne Myers 3/4/2014 10:25:52 AM
Here is a writing tip I wrote on writing true crime. I hope it helps some.... more
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Blurb and Excerpt from The Crime of the Century by JoAnne Myers by JoAnne Myers 3/4/2014 10:20:15 AM
The residents of Rolling Hills, a hamlet in southeastern Ohio, were horrified when the dismembered bodies of two missing teens were pulled from the local river. Multiply suspects surfaced, but only one was railroaded, Richard Allan Lloyd, a known nu... more
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A Woman Called "Oprah" by Mamie Smith 2/17/2014 9:11:39 PM
Oprah: Her Contribution to the World . . . . ... more
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Authors Supporting Authors: Herman Yenwo by Megan A Cyrulewski 2/15/2014 4:06:17 PM
I usually post my blog interviews first thing in the morning, but I've been laid up with the stomach flu this weekend, so I'm going to post Herman's interview today and tomorrow. Now, as for Herman himself, he is the first person who reached out to ... more
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KUERIG + FURTHERMORE II + FURTHERMORE III by Robert A. Mills 2/15/2014 9:50:08 AM
Carolinas... more
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LINCOLN by Robert A. Mills 1/25/2014 8:23:27 AM
Abraham Lincoln was elected the sixteenth President of the United States in 1860 while living in Springfield, Illinois, and Alan Pinkerton, head of the Pinkerton Detective Agency (forerunner of the Secret Service), was concerned by the unusual number... more
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PIG by Robert A. Mills 1/4/2014 2:28:13 PM
Poke is a word that means sack or bag, originally made of cloth or canvas, but later made of paper or cardboard. It is from the Old English, corrupted from pouch, as in Shakespeare’s Henry IV when Dalphanus was describing the Saxon warriors in skirt... more
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The Most Intriguing thing about me by Mac Hermann 1/1/2014 5:07:29 PM
Looks do matter!... more
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JEWS by Robert A. Mills 12/21/2013 2:24:18 PM
Were I ever asked if Robert A. Mills was my real name, I would
be compelled to tell the truth: yes. However, had their roles been
reversed, my maternal grandfather, an immigrant Jew from Croatia,
my mother, as her first-... more
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ABSCESSED by Robert A. Mills 11/9/2013 1:55:34 PM
In late October I went to see my dentist, Dr. Gary Leonard, and after X-raying my mouth, he announced I needed a filling in my lower right-side molar and a root canal on the upper molar, which appeared to have an abscess buried deep within.
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