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Just 9 months after her first son is born, 35-year-old Stephanie Hahn becomes pregnant once more and delivers her second child nine months later, at the age of 36. Read More

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35-year-old Stephanie Hahn, a successful classical concert pianist, gives birth to her first child at home in Los Angeles following her marriage to a 60-year-old widowed man. Read More

Tags: la, piano, california, pianist, homebirth

If there's no profit, there's no business. Read More

Tags: california, wages, cost-of-living, unskilled-labor

Young man with family leaves safe job to find adventure in Oregon Read More

Tags: california, oregon, salem, appraiser, assessor

A companion piece to "California Autumn" Read More

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Poem / Poetry

November 02, 2023

Reads: 391

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

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Tags: rain, autumn, water, waiting, california

The only way you can read a book is to open the cover. The only way you can understand a person is to look inside his cover. What do you get when you combine a liberal California State Senator of a minority race, a mentor schooled in communism and anti-capitalism… Read More

Tags: corruption, president, california

California Burnin’ Read More

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Poem / Poetry

October 03, 2022

Reads: 518

Comments: 9

Shelves: 4

The Vintage Publishing House

My typical California morning for the past two months since I relocated from Miami September 29, 2022. Read More

Tags: life, west, california, sunny, pacific

A short excerpt about one's travel missteps in the choices of life ending in self reflection in the Hollywood Hills about which direction to take next. Read More

Tags: rules, california, barcelona, new-york, hollywood-hills

A middle-aged Iraq war veteran turned fraudster who'd worked hard to clean his act up relapses and relives many of his old vices that saw him drift so far astray the first time round, but this time in sunny California. Read More

Tags: california

A romantic short story from the Wild West. Read More

Tags: love, california, revolver, rattlesnake, tucson

Short Story / Horror

October 15, 2021

Reads: 3295

Comments: 12

Shelves: 8

The The Horror House House

From the author of Different Vessels comes something completely different. A tale of mystery and horror: A man in Southern California was thought by police to have killed himself by drilling a hole in his head with a power drill. But they couldn't explain the "tunnels" burrowed through his brain,… Read More

Tags: blog, california, child-abuse, cults, firstperson

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"Wow... this is great! I love horror stories, and on this site this is the best by far that I have read. " Read More

When three teenagers decide to float down the Russian River on a pool raft, headed toward the place where the river meets the sea, their stories and the stories of other characters – including a rock band, a bachelorette party, a tetris addict, and an elderly bar owner – converge… Read More

Tags: summer, novella, bar, california, russian-river

Poem / Poetry

July 17, 2021

Reads: 464

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The longer I have been out of California, the more I want to stay away from California. Read More

Tags: california, visit

Just some musings of a want-to-be king. LOL Read More

Tags: taxes, california, kings

song lyric about the first overland party to reach California - even though they weren't sure how to get there Read More

Tags: pioneers, west, california, old-west, western-history

song lyric about the beginning of the California Gold Rush Read More

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John Bidwell and his adventurous friends know everything about California as they head out to the glorious land - except how to get there Read More

Tags: pioneers, california, western-history, john-bidwell

Volume II continues the Diary of living in the Sacramento Delta after having lost residence and job and seeking both. I am now in Month Five. Read More

Tags: homeless, california, jobless, houselessness, solano-county

Short Story / Humor

January 09, 2020

Reads: 580

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Mindy thinks she is with a group of fellow vampires. Read More

Tags: vampire, california

A collection of travel articles, approximately 2000 to 4000 words. A sampler of travel content writing, as well as travel outward and travel inward. One's personal consciousness informing travel. Discovery of our internal home, our ancestors. Traveling with DNA as a roadmap. Traveling through veils and vales. Read More

Tags: memories, impressions, california, us, content-writing

In the summer of 1963, Ava Morelli is sent to boarding school in Connecticut by her mother and stepfather against her will. She finds this entire new world to be confusing and at times frightening, as her memories of her past begin to return and tough questions arise. Will Ava… Read More

Tags: california, camelot, debutantes, 1963, boarding-schools

Surviving the Carr fire in California -- a firsthand account. Read More

Tags: fire, survival, disaster, california, carr

This is the story of the Fosters of Dove Creek, California. This book follows the story of Robert and Elizabeth Foster, as told in a timeline. Cover Photo By Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13130194 Read More

Tags: family, fiction, california, saga, wild-west

What started out as a simple camping trip in the Sierra Nevadas, turned into their most terrifying and thrilling weekend ever... Read More

Tags: love, romance, adventure, california, bear-attack

Biography Esther Tobey née McCoy Read More

Tags: communism, biography, california, architecture, dorothy-day

Poem / Poetry

July 12, 2017

Reads: 807

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Something new, me thinks. A poetic guide to see a coast. Read More

Tags: shore, california, coast, redwood-trees

Tags: raw, la, california, shortstory, losangeles

This is a compilation of facts, names, places, and information from family members. This was written December 12, 2015 Read More

Tags: loss, murder, california, canal, dove-collum

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