War | War
Jun.09.2013
Sebastian: Christoph Fischer
Courage is defined as the “ the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain without fear. But, it can mean even more. Once that initial fear or obstacle is defined and the person overcomes that hindrance, drawback or impediment,...
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Jun.03.2013
I've never been to war. No one in my family has gone to war. My brothers were Conscientious Objectors. I was raised with Quaker values and went to a Quaker college. Although a history major, I resisted learning anything about the bellicose Twentieth Century. I refused to study the World Wars...
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Jun.01.2013
Caro was silent on the way back to town. Randy tapped his fingers nervously on the steering wheel as they waited for the drawbridge to lower its span.
“I’m sorry Caroline, I should have thought this through better before taking you all the way to Georgia.” Randy spoke to Caro’s profile as she...
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May.28.2013
Mamma sat on the porch enjoying the fresh cool air that followed a late afternoon thunderstorm. The boys had gone down to the creek that ran through the woods and emptied into the river. They were hoping the fish were stirred up by the storm, so that they could catch enough fish for their evening...
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May.26.2013
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May.20.2013
Caroline and Randy came out of the movie theatre, and stood as the crowds milled around them. Caro was unsure of what to do next. Would they head back across the river? She was not ready for the evening to end.
Randy gently cupped her elbow and steered her through the few people still lingering...
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May.16.2013
My wife and I attended a performance of The Unfortunates at Ashland's New Theater last night. It's a chaotic musical tragic comedy featuring Big Joe, with enormous clenched fists, and his love, Rae, a woman with no arms.
The tickets fell to us when a friend felt too sick to attend and...
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May.15.2013
Rivka’s War Marilyn Oser Sitting in a circle you can see what is happening in the world right in front of you. In back of you is what is still to come. Off to the left you might see what is about to happen and to the right what you hope or dread never would. As Rivka and her family see the world...
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May.14.2013
On the Fantasy Baseball Tuesday edition of the Phil Naessens Show Rotowire Fantasy Writer Nick Falk joins host Phil Naessens to discuss the advantages of subscribing to Rotowire, how to become a writer at Rotowire and the guys answer listeners questions concerning Josh Reddick, Kevin...
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May.05.2013
Harper’s Magazine/April 2013
Once more, mag week rears its journalistic head:
One thing that keeps the better magazines in business is digging into a given subject hard enough and long enough to separate spin from what’s intended, i.e., image from the deeper roots of truth. This issue of...
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