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Archive for June, 2008

Farewell, George Carlin

Posted in George Carlin, Reflections, Summerfest on June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »

My sister called this morning. She left me a voice mail. George Carlin died yesterday. I remember taking her and our cousin to Milwaukee’s Summerfest in 1972. My beloved was overseas then, our marriage many months in the future. I was a few years younger than our sons are now. My sister and cousin were [...]

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Going Forward

Posted in Motivation, The Writing Life on June 6, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Today is the anniversary of my high school graduation. On that long ago day, I looked forward to life’s journey with hope. As a reader, I wanted to write. I wrote poetry, as teens do. But creating a novel was a foggy dream. Years passed. I worked, read, met my future love, read with him, [...]

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