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|  | | And a Thousand Ghosts Were Stirred (The Guy in the Shades Collection,Vol 1)
Jake and Julie were always sweethearts, until...
span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt">span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">This is a story about Jake and Julia. It’s a twisted tale of how compassion and indifference rarely traverse the same path in life, but once that course becomes a means of access, the ensuing karma can shape the lives of the innocent for years. In this case, the forcible accumulation of loneliness can provoke one&rsq | |  | | Bullying ... Period.
BULLYING … surely, you’ve witnessed this before. Perhaps, you didn’t know the person that it happened to … or maybe it was a friend … or a relative … or just maybe, it happened to you.
div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">span style="font-size: medium">span style="font-family: Times New Roman">span style="line-height: 150%; color: black">I came of age in the 1960s south. A traditional, small town upbringing that included things like Sunday school, respected police officers, and folks that said yes ma’am and no sir. I was taught to never make fun of someone for something they couldn’t control, never to stare at a person because they didn’t look like me, and always be respectful of others regardless of the situation. It’s unclear today whe | |  | | Inaccessible To Pity . . . The Second Most Cunning Beast of the Field
I figured this would be just another run-of-the-mill day, but I would be wrong about that. By night’s end, the lives of three people would be fractured or destroyed.
span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Countless times we’ve heard of this happening, but always to someone else, never to ourselves. One presents a portion of themselves that’s never been given before, that enigmatic and subtle part that only another can damage, a roadmap to one’s kill zone if you will, the heart; and yet, one fears not the damnation that can undeniably follow. Discontent c | |  | | Leo ... My Life with the Lion (The Kid in the Hat Collection, Volume 3)
A friendship that has spanned 40+ years.
div id="postBodyPS">span style="font-size: medium">span style="font-family: Times New Roman"> Leo … My Life with the Lion (The Kid in the Hat Collection, Volume 3), chronicles some highlights of the alliance between two boys that spans more than 40 years. The friendship was born in Texas and launched one evening in the late 1960s when the “Lion” was prepared to take on several antagonists on behalf of the author, either one at a time or all at once … those were the choices Leo imparted to them. The adversaries departed without making either | |  | | Moral Injury and the Oasis of the Heart
The moral injury one man endured at the My Lai Massacre in Viet Nam and the loss of his oasis of the heart.
span style="font-size: medium">span style="font-family: Times New Roman">span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">Another city … another speech … another empty whiskey bottle; all leading to another coffee shop in the wee hours of the morning ... homage to John D. Wesley. He was an exceptional life-force that transformed the collective conscience of many, including mine. /span>/span>/span>span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">o:p>/o:p>/span>
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The Memoir of a Man Who Spent Fifty Years Battling His Inner Demons
div id="postBodyPS">span style="font-size: medium">span style="font-family: Times New Roman"> It has been referred to as “the elephant in the room” or “the 800-pound gorilla,” and in some circles it’s called “a man’s taboo.” When all's said and done, it is depression -- a destroyer of lives -- and it is propagated within the traditions that those who bear it should be able to dismiss it. Accordingly, many people choose not to speak of it, and most men choose to macho-up, tough-it-out, suck-it-up and more often than not, | |  | | On the Winds of Change (The Kid in the Hat Collection, Volume 1)
Reality versus fantasy was the issue, but the Kid knew.
span style="font-size: medium">span style="font-family: Times New Roman">i>On the Winds of Change (The Kid in the Hat Collection, Volume 1),/i>offers two short stories that blur the lines between reality and fantasy, but they are real in the Kid’s mind. These short stories typify a man’s longing to experience again what he knew in his heart was real./span>/span>
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Hoodwinked: defined as depriving somebody of something by deceit. We’ve all been duped before and if someone says that they haven’t … they’re lying.
span style="font-size: medium">span style="font-family: Times New Roman">span style="line-height: 150%">My name is Bodine. I’m a ROD, an /span>acronymspan style="line-height: 150%"> for retired-on-duty, LA cop on a pension. I rode a bike and walked a beat for thirty years, stayed alive, and I’m still packing. I’m married, but sleep alone. I don’t have friends. I don’t talk to anyone. I drink by myself. I stir my coffee counterclockwise and my toilet paper feeds from the top. You won’t see me on the streets because there’s nothing about me that | |  | | The F Bomb and Cussing in America (The Kid in the Hat Collection, Volume 2)
A funny look at profanity in America.
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div id="postBodyPS">span style="font-size: medium">span style="font-family: Times New Roman"> i>The “F” Bomb and Cussing in America (The Kid in the Hat Collection, Volume 2), /i>offers humorous insight into the use of profanity in America. It takes a sneak peek at what then were some idiosyncrasies in our lives during the late fifties and early sixties, an increasingly popular substitute expression for the F-Bomb word, and the creation of a new cuss wo |
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