Category: Auto-biographical
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A Blip on the Radar (part 2) “Running the Gauntlet “
A Blip on the radar Part 2: Running the gauntlet It’s hard to fathom how immense the Pacific Ocean is. Even looking at a globe, and studying how much of the world is in fact covered by said megga puddle, does not convey the breathtaking vastness of a world of waves. From horizon to horizon.…
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The Guinea Pig
THE GUINEA PIG Captain Peterson leaned up against the counter, seeking some refuge from the teeming humanity around him. He had been waiting for hours… For the hundreth time, he glanced at his watch. At this rate of going, they would never be able to fly back before nightfall. He disliked flying single engine over…
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A Blip on the Radar (part 1) “Staying with the Herd “
(this one bounced off a single phrase in the review by Tara Shannon on my story “If you’re good… “) credits: Vangelis, “Conquest of Paradise “ A BLIP ON THE RADAR (Part 1: Staying with the Herd) “What do you do for a living? ” It’s a valid question, as we all trudge…
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Materialism of the Mind
Materialism of the Mind Materialism has been defined as an “interest in and desire for money, possessions, etc, rather than for spiritual or ethical values “. I’m sure most people associate the word with cars, houses, and paper dollars. I suspect there is a worse form of materialism. I think this second form of materialism…
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Going to Confession
GOING TO CONFESSION (a true story, based on childhood memories, that have lasted a life time) My mother was a devout Roman Catholic. When I was a child, we lived in Holland for a while, and I was very impressed at the way she went to the big Dutch Catholic church as often as she…
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Separation
Separation (to the music of the Main Theme of “Missing you ” by Vangelis) Have you ever… been in a crowded, smoke filled bar? Surrounded by people, all of them, glass in hand, talking their heads off? Have you found yourself withdrawing inside your mind? Wondering how they manage to all talk at once? With…
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Beating on the glass wall
Beating on the glass wall I found myself beating crazily almost hysterically on the glass wall invisible but invincible that our society from birth surrounds us with. We are men our role models abound: John Wayne Clint Eastwood Donald Trump Ken Lay and all the other shining examples of virtuous chivalry stiff upper lip brawn…
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The Drive by shooting
THE DRIVE BY SHOOTING I was about to fall into bed, exhausted. I had way, way exceeded normal duty time, due to a series of law enforcement events. In fact, the previous night, I had hardly slept at all. I was dog tired, bone weary, crabby, irritable and my body ached to be let go…
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Exile
EXILE credit: Mantovani – Exodus (we hold something precious in our hands: the fate of our very own true inner self. “a fragile craft in gentle hands “) EXILE I wonder often what dark dreams were flowing through my silent mind and where did all those waters flow the streams of unrelenting thought? My refuge…
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When I look at the sky
When I look at the sky I realize why I feel so small grasshopper tall when I contemplate our feeble fate. Who dares to say that their way is the ‘only’ road that will carry the load of the great(?) mind of Humankind? Last edited by Francis Meyrick on February 23, 2010, 9:21 pm