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The Pete Seeger quotes come from the Book of Ecclesiastes.
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Stephen asks, "Is this what family is?" YES, a made family of queer individuals who come together to care and support each other. Now Stephen is family. Even Ishan. He is part of this family whom he has not met. Yet......... I have been transfixed since the prologue by the inclusion of queer people as brave, strong, welcoming, and loving family. Kudos on a brilliant story.
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What an amazing, well-written story. I was on the edge of my seat with each and every chapter. I applaud you, that I could follow the different characters as the story became more and more complex. Skillful writing and story telling. Kudos!!
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Thank you for posting such a beautiful picture. As soon as Victoria died, Edward fired the Munshi. Dani is a man who has no "home." Perhaps, Pearl and Abbie can provide that to him. Many thanks for reading the story. Mac
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Good morning, Southern women are a force of nature. Mac
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Thanks for reading. Ralph isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. He is stupid enough to ........ Mac
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Pearl noticed that Dani had moved the carpet bags from the corner of the room, where he used them as pillows and put them under the bed. The bags were never far from his side. When he went to meals, he took the bags with him; when he went outside, he had the bags. When Pearl asked Ralph about the bags, he said he didn’t know what was in them, but when they pulled Dani into the boat, they were strapped around his waist. The water-saturated carpet bags almost took him to a watery grave. Pearl
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Good morning, Yep, waiting for the eruption!!! Mac
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E K, You are thinking along the right lines. But there is a twist. Gotta love those twists and turns. Mac
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Anton, You are the clever one. So many possibilities for Abbie. You didn't make him part of a trouple. Hmmm, I hadn't considered that either until just now. LOL. I am glad that you like the east coast stories. I love the Outer Banks. Mac
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Pvtguy, Ah, to be young, good looking, and the object of fancy from multiple men. So many possibilities. Mac
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VBlew, Dani is grateful. He is also a young man with a need to relieve his pressures. Is there more? Time will tell. Yes, Ralph is very, very possessive. He is smitten. Mac
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Abbie awoke when he heard the bell clanging. It was the emergency bell for a ship in distress. It was the call to service, and he wasn’t going to let it pass. Abbie jumped from his bed, dressed, and headed to the community room. The Superintendent was peering out the window as a distress rocket shot from a ship. “That’s the third rocket. Men, is everything ready? You have your mission. Godspeed.” The men quickly put on their oilskins and headed to the boat shed. Abbie donned
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Thank you very much. It feels good to be stretching my thinking and writing muscles again. Mac
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I will, thanks. Also, thanks for posting the link to Chicamacomico.org Mac
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I am so pleased that you like Abbie's story. I am related to Abraham through his Aunt Pearl, hence he is fence rail kin. Not direct line, but collateral.
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Thank you. I have had to take a break from writing because of teaching and singing commitments. I am starting to write again. I want to revisit characters and stories and decide if there are more of their stories that need to be told. I think there is.
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Chicamacomico Outer Banks, NC Spring 1910 Abraham strolled along the edge of the surf, kicking water and laughing as the spray caught the sunbeams and glistened like fractured rainbows. He laughed and giggled when his toes kicked up the wet sand and impeded his forward movement. He was in no hurry and didn’t care about being covered in wet sand. He thought of himself as a child of the sea. He fancied that his father was Poseidon and his mother some lusty mermaid. It wa
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Abraham (Abbie) Etheridge is a young Banker boy, who lives on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He works as a baker at Chicamacomico Life Saving Station and sneaks onto a life-saving boat when a storm batters a ship off the coast. He saves a young man traveling to the United States while almost losing his life. Abbie's Aunt Pearl, sees the love in their eyes. Can they see it also?
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Chapter 14 Blood Stains
Mac Rountree commented on Headstall's story chapter in Chapter 14 Blood Stains
Another great chapter. I love this story.- 90 comments
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A birthday, a Flash in the Pan, and College Maybe?
Mac Rountree commented on Lee Wilson's story chapter in A birthday, a Flash in the Pan, and College Maybe?
Thank you for a very engaging story. As a musician, I enjoyed it immensely and cringed every time something happened to Pete or any of the other characters. Pete has an amazing ability to recover - ahhh, youth! I also ordered PoemWrecker today from Amazon. -
I just discovered this story. WOW, it is great. As a former administrator of a secure psychiatric facility, everything rings true. Thank you.
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Timmy has a will of iron. He knows himself very well and has learned good boundaries. Pate will be rocked by what Timmy has to tell him. Thanks for being a faithful reader. Mac
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The two guys have been a wild, wonderful summer together but really don't know much about each other. It is during this time that they learn who they are. Timmy is much more complex than Pate ever imagined. Thanks for reading. Mac
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“You are ruthless. Truly mean.” Timmy smiled as I reacted to his comments about another piece of my artwork he said needed to be assigned to either the dumpster or consigned to an art gallery for resale. He slayed me when he said he didn’t know if anyone with an artist’s eye would want to purchase it. Apparently, my owning it didn’t signify that I had an artist’s eye, or my ownership didn’t have enough cachet for provenance to entice other buyers. He smiled to let me know that there was
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