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'Confessions of a Hostel Manager' by Mary Cecil
A short inside story of managing a hostel in Northern Ireland...
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'I Still See Him Everywhere ...': A Pet Owner's Story. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A boy is missing his furry friend who died of kidney disease at the age of ten.
Image of Ragdoll cat (C) 2010, by Karla Dorman. (The cat is her best friend's cat, and happily she is very much alive! :) )..
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...Salute to Gobs of Running Shoes, Shorts, and Shirts by Myles Saulibio
...A Wounded Warrior ponders over his coping with PTSD and prosthetic limbs.....
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A Night of Long, Drawn-out Karma by Chris Grey
font size = 4>The new true story I promised./font>..
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My In-the-Park Home Run by Chris Grey
font size = 4>A true story about my one and only home run, and boy was it a doozy./font>..
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My UFO Sighting by Chris Grey
font size = 4>My first experience with a telescope was some kind of beginner's luck./font>..
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100 years old still drive a car by Lois Wauson
Mr.Schultze is 100 years old and remembers how he lived that long. Hard work and good family genes. I talked to him for a long time that day. He doesn't seem like a 100 year old man...
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1943 The Battles against the Germans Moved to Sicily by Emile Tubiana
The Germans were defeated in Tunisia and the front moved to Sicily. The entire population felt relaxed...
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1945 Sambo by Jansen Estrup
A short story, part of the memoir, War Stories for My Grandchildren ..
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1969 - The Gift by CJ Heck
Miracles do happen, but only when we least expect them .....
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1969 And Then Some, Part 1- All That False Instruction by Tova Gabrielle
" It was all so very painless when you ran out to receive all that false instruction that we never could believe...but I want you to know that while we watched you discover no one would be true... I myself was among the ones who thought it was just a childish thing to do...." from "Tears of Rage" by..
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1969 and Then Some, part 2 by Tova Gabrielle
my escapades with the Hog Farm, and the Electric Cool Aid Acid Test..
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46 years since Woodstock 69... by Ed Matlack
Since this weekend is the 46th anniversary of Woodstock, I hoped everybody might like this short story that I remembered about my visit there.....
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9/11 by Tolulope Williams
A brief recap of the events attached to those dates. Their significance to daily living...
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A little farm girl from Texas in Bolivia by Lois Wauson
From a little farm girl going to Kasper School in Texas during the 30's and 40's, I am taking a trip to Bolivia in S. America to see my son. Never would I have believed I would go that far from home, when I was a little girl...
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A Sailors Tale by Walt Hardester
If they had only listened..
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A 'Fighting Bob' Teaser by Bob Stockton
A short excerpt which tells of my encounter with the ghost of my famous ancestor...
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A 4-year-old Murderer by R. Burrow
A brief summary about my past...
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A 70s flashback: Coming of age in Berzerkeley by Kalikiano Kalei
The 1970s were what I consider my chief formative years, having just mustered out of the Air Force and returned to my native San Francisco Bay Area, while the Vietnamese War was still raging in Southeast Asia. My experiences in Berkeley as a student and also as a cardiopulmonary technologist are sti..
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A Blonde Moment! by Eva Pasco
The fine print.....
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A Body Divided, 1, Memoir by Jerry Ratch
The story of a one-armed boy growing up in a two-fisted world...
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A Body Divided, 2: Memoir by Jerry Ratch
A young boy comes down with polio before the Salk Vaccine...
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A Book 30 Years in the Making by KC Cowan
How a friendship between three girls turned into a novel about the friendship between three girls...
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A Broad Abroad in Thailand by Dodie Cross
An excerpt from my book:
SHOPPING WITHOUT GUYS
Before we left for Pattaya, I wanted to make sure Dick got the western boots he’d admired a few days earlier. I talked him into a quick stroll and casually walked in that direction. “Wait!” he called to me as I pulled ah..
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A Broad Abroad in Thailand: An Expat's Misadventures in the Land of Smiles by Dodie Cross
This is the synopsis of A Broad Abroad in Thailand, to be available in June of 07.
The story follows the adventures of this newlywed expat as she tries to settle into her new home and a life full of challenges she could not have foreseen.
Her troubles begin soon after her arrival i..
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A Bum, With a Pocketful of Diamonds by Mr. Ed
Ah, Yes, Divorce.....
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  A Chance Encounter by Gerard St. John
There was nothing about the man's appearance that would attract one's attention. He was simply waiting for an elevator. We passed like ships in the night. How was I to know that he was famous? Or that we had a mutual friend?..
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A Change of Scenery by Eva Pasco
Encapsulating a beautiful memory on a crisp autumn day.....
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A Charlie Brown Prom Night by E. P. Ned Burke
Prom night turns into a hilarious fiasco!..
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A Circle of Love makes 55 years by Lois Wauson
After nearly 50 years of marriage, my husband began showing signs of Alzheimer's. We were very in love when we got married in 1950. This is a brief story of our marriage before and after he was diagnosed with the sad illness. But I tried to look at the positive things I saw. It was not a bad time. ..
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A Close Encounter of a Different Kind by Sylvia Ramsey
A true story that involves humor, curiosity, and revenge!..
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A Coast Guard Story by Charles Williams
The story of a Coast Guard rescue that takes place in February 1974 when an Italian super tanker explodes and sinks approximately 900 miles from Honolulu, Hawaii..
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A Command Performance by Gerard St. John
It had not occurred to me that the commanding officer of a Marine Corps battalion might use three weeks at sea as an opportunity to meet with each of the officers in his command. However, that is exactly what happened in early 1962, and it resulted in one of the worst performances of my young life...
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A day to myself by Chriss Hill
Authors reflection on what would she do with a day to herself..
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A dog is man's best friend by Lois Wauson
Sadie and Jack, two dogs, are a constant companion, good friend, caregiver and protector for an elderly woman and a disabled woman...
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A Dog Named Crackers by Alan Abrams
A dog story, by someone who is not a dog person..
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A Dog's Protective Instinct by Ronald Hull
Ed Phillips sent me a poignant video (you can view it below) of a golden labrador's gentle approach to a child with Down syndrome. It immediately reminded me of an incident that happened to me many years ago...
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A Dream Awakened by Alan Busch
One of a series of chapters that was not published in my book Snapshots In Memory of Ben...
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A Dream Realized at 85 Years Old: The Ken Shaw by Blondie Clayton
Your dreams may have a meaning;Ignoring them could be a mistake...
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A Family of Dogs by R. Burrow
Sweetpea and her pups. A breastfeeding dog...
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A Flea-Market Find by Joyce Bowling
I wrote this poetic story about a diary that I found at a flea-market, I really considered it a treasure...I am addicted to antique and unusual books...and the stories that they hold...
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A Forbidden Love Affair: Part 1 by Alvin Romer
A coming of age story involving 16 year old Nicole Hale Williams in a short story excerpt...
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A fun filled day by Mary Ann Barrucco
Enjoying a family bbq..
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A gentleman’s lady by Deborah Richards
my nights and days ..
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A Handful by Morgan McFinn
Memoirs of an LAPD cop on the job...
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A home without a bible by Lois Wauson
Our home was one that was without a bible for many years. But then one day something happened and I needed a bible. I needed one desperately. I had no faith then, I had to lean on something that was tangible. As the years went by I learned about faith, hope and the bible...
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A King and I (A true story) by Fawn Bonning
This is a true story of the day I mourned a King..
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A Kodak Moment by Walt Hardester
Aerial action...
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A Lesson Learned by Jeannette Gardner
True story about getting into an awful situation that I've experienced in the past..
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A Living Death by Deborah Tornillo
The 7 Stages of Alzheimer's..
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