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    Weekly Wrap Up (Nov. 17 - Nov. 23)

    By wildone

    Steve has climbed into his cave and don't wake him up until the end of April.  I think it it is @Slytherin's turn to stay awake this winter   That bear just happens to be the colour of outdoors.  We got dumped on the past week. No road lanes, no sidewalks, no nothing. All buried in snow. It is beautiful if you don't need to go out into it  Also, the temperature dropped into the minus celsius without windchill  Winter is here, I hereby declare. May you all share the wonder of it  
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Gratitude

I was invited to this site by @Rambling Robin a few years ago. I didn't even know that such a forum existed and the rich diversity of authors it contained. Though we are not on the same page for everything in life (as few people are, regardless), both Robin and I realized that we wrote as therapy and as a means to entertain ourselves and to take breaks between our hectic work, university, and home lives. I am grateful that though we butted heads on many occasions, especially in our early beginni
Thirdly

Thirdly

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A pale pink

A pale pink Lightly shields Conceals A darkly heated Will Gilded ego With imitation patience For kindly meant Compliment You look nice today       6.21.18          
Toast

Toast

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My oh-so-gay hometown

Although nearly 15 years old, this New York Times article still provides a good description of my city.   https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/15/us/a-gay-boomtown-is-more-mainstream-and-less-the-cliche.html   I dug it up after walking through closed-to-traffic Wilton Drive—the town’s main street—during the Stonewall Festival this past weekend.   The outrageous outfits, loud music, and alcohol consumption were still there, but what grabbed my attention was something else. Lots
Carlos Hazday

Carlos Hazday

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Book Three of New Beginnings

Book 1 - New Beginnings Book 2 - New Direction and now, the next and last book of this story... Book 3 - A New Chapter Coming very soon...
quokka

quokka

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All day

All day I have... All day I can... All day I will... What? Hold hands Hide burning eyes Smile calmly Stand and walk out Leave Speeding Unmoving Unmoved Untouched Unabled Gripped Hard Demanding What? A smile A tear Both Anything Nothing It yearns with grace Visit Over     6.16.18
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Toast

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I Wrote A Book!

I mentioned in my last blog post (which was back in December, omg!) that I have a couple of books being published this year! The first one came out on Monday!! It's called Inside Darkness and it's about a humanitarian aid worker struggling with PTSD and an Asian American journalist who encounters systemic racism. It's dark and gritty and angsty; the sex is fast but the emotions are slow burn (I stole that last part from a reviewer, hehe).    It's hard to believe that I am officially a
Hudson Bartholomew

Hudson Bartholomew

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Tomorrow, Everything Changes

So, tomorrow is officially moving day. The U-Haul is parked in the driveway waiting to be loaded. Everything in the house, with the exception of my room, is packed in boxes. For some reason, I can't bring myself to pack my room. We're moving from the Dallas area to a small East Texas town called Rusk. It's about 3 hours away. I know absolutely nobody down there, with the exception of my 2 cousins and their wives. They are all very umm, let me try to explain. My cousin Justin, the younger of the
JayT

JayT

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On Friendship and Diversity

I suspect some readers may consider the cast I surrounded CJ—the protagonist in my ongoing series—unrealistic. The diverse group of supporting characters could be construed as wishful thinking at a time our country seems divided along so many lines. I beg to differ.   IT IS NOT A FANTASY.   A few weeks ago, I traveled to New York to celebrate my 60th birthday; I was reminded how lucky I’ve been with the people I’ve surrounded myself with. A caring, loving group of humans, the
Carlos Hazday

Carlos Hazday

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It's starting again

It's starting again.   The sobriety.     I talked to my cousin over the weekend about what my Dad has been going through.  And how my Dad is courting sobriety again.  For the record, the longest my Dad has been sober has been two years, and that was when I was a child and my Mom threatened to leave him and take myself and sister with her.  He threw out all the alcohol in the house.     Another time was when I was living in Atlanta, out of college and working at a bo
CassieQ

CassieQ

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Old

I realized this morning that I’m old. Not growing old, just old. This not to say I’ve reached the end of my creative cycle because there are still stories to tell. I have one story that is ready to be published, but I’ve lost contact with my editor (Sharon). Such is life that I should still have stories to be published, but no editor to review them prior to publishing. I await contact with my prior editor to be reestablished, but so far I don’t think much is going to occur in that direction
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Working question hark

Working Quest...guessing Question Hark Moving Stars are Returning Moving Heavens Wind Playing And there It Is Alignment An opposite fate A turning reversal Dragged slowly Tears mark A crying       6-6-18 Wednesday    
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Toast

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Goodbye, My Love, Part II

Part I Here Goodbye, My Love, Part I   When I wrote part one, I was at a critical juncture in my life. I had just come back a two month vacation in China and Thailand, which was very indulgent, to say the least. I was just beginning graduate school, and I was studying for a pre-licensing exam. Both doing well in grad school and passing that pre-exam were going to be my ticket to career success. I was partied out from my vacation, and determined to do as well as I could in school. A clo
TetRefine

TetRefine

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Prompt #1

Listed below are the story cards and the ending card that you will use to create ideas for a story that you will then write down as a response to this entry.  More details are in the description of the blog.  Enjoy!   Story Cards Wolf (Character) Poisoned (Aspect) Storm (Event) In the Sky (Place) Husband or Wife (Character)   Ending Card Which proves you should always be careful when choosing your companions.
Superpride

Superpride

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My next story

Hey Folks Well I have finally started posting a new story. This one is titled - Deception...  Iv'e read this story before, I hear you say, well yes, that could be possible. It is one of my older stories, and one of the most popular. Thanks to Chris for all his hard work with editing. I hope you enjoy the story. Regards Quokka.  
quokka

quokka

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BAD SCIENCE

One of Scientific America's stories this month is: New Data: Hurricanes Will Get Worse   New data from hurricane Harvey last year gives the author the ideas that hurricanes will be bigger, more frequent and cause tooth decay.   OK. I added tooth decay. He might as well add tooth decay because that is as easily inferred from ONE SINGLE DATA SET.   If I had turned in this paper, my advisor would have ripped me a new one. HOW are you supposed to make general observatio
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Define "Great"

What is on your mind when you think of the word "great?"    Which story do you consider a classic?   Who is your most admired person?   Where do you go to get inspired?   When does a moment become experience?   How do you advance a civilization into the golden age?    *   *   *   This world is endowed with many great things.  Some are eminent, some are waiting to be discovered; some will become a memory, some will never extinc
Ashi

Ashi

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The change

A couple of years ago I was fat. Not pleasantly plump. Not healthy. Fat.   It happens when you get older and don't change diet and exercise more. I got into the work, home, work cycle. I let things go and HOLY CRAP, HOW DID I GET TO BE ALMOST 300 pounds!?   No one was more surprised than me. I didn't see myself as fat. Other people saw me as fat and it shows in a lot of ways. People aren't as welcoming. They size you up in a few milliseconds and, what they decide isn't good f
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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1st meeting

I did something today. Something I've never thought i would ever do. I met my brother who i haven't seen in twenty years. Me and my little brother were adopted young. I have an older brother by four years but I hadn't seen him since elementary school. It wasn't his fault that his mother (my former mother or as I call her egg donor) was a lying manipulative witch. And I'm being nice there. She was also negligent. He's a good guy, he was crying. He remembered where I lived, and asked to see me, an
Wesley8890

Wesley8890

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New kid in school: Randy’s Serenade

————————————————————————  Track List Rain Sounds (Study Music) - That Gloomy Day In March Eyes (The New Division) - The World Redefined By A Moment In His Eyes My First Crush (TimeCop1983, Trevor Something) - Love At First Sight Tootsie Roll (69 Boyz) - Tootsie Rolls and Eye Candy Blue Lily (The Depreciation Guild) - Heavenly Shades of Ryan Kinky Love (Pale Saints) - Ryan’s Sexy Self In My Arms (Erasure) - Hugs and Kisses, Kisses and Hugs
MrM

MrM

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Old vs New

President Bartlet: Good. I like your show. I like how you call homosexuality an abomination. Dr. Jenna Jacobs: I don’t say homosexuality is an abomination, Mr. President. The Bible does. President Bartlet: Yes, it does. Leviticus. Dr. Jenna Jacobs: 18:22. President Bartlet: Chapter and verse. I wanted to ask you a couple of questions while I had you here. I’m interested in selling my youngest daughter into slavery as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. She’s a Georgetown sophomore, speaks fluent Italian,
Billy Martin

Billy Martin

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Well, this week has sucked

For those who noticed my status update, my Dad was jailed over the weekend for driving under the influence.  He had gone out of town for a golfing trip and this happened.  I don't know the details and I'm not sure I want to.   Also, my aunt has an aggressive cancer that may be incurable.  We are waiting to hear on that as well.   So, things are not great.     I have decided to write a few stories that cheer me up, and usually make me laugh or smile when I tell them.
CassieQ

CassieQ

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We did something....

So, I would imagine that many members here wont remember who I am.  i've not been active for a while because... well, life gets in the way sometimes doesn't it?   8 Years ago last week, I started a relationship right here on GA.  I met Paya right here, and our friendship blossomed into something more.  I was in the UK, he was in the Czech Republic. We had a long distance relationship for 2 years, before finally moving to London together 6 years ago.   This is just a quick sto
Westie

Westie

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