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A prequel to Damascenas that I haven't been able to fit anywhere in the book. I'm thinking of maybe having it be the first chapter cause it gets you in tune with the characters a little. If anything I'm wondering if Charlie's dads Bostonian persona was hard to understand, like… Read More

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September 24, 2024

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Exes always teach you things and sometimes left you in bad conditions. That’s where we need healing from the past. If you can't do it alone, get yourself a partner who is willing to make you overcome it and heal, then be happy again. Read
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no summary, it's quite short. i wrote this for my end of year exam practice. really proud of it, hope i could write more stories like this. 24 september 2024 :d Read
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Essay / Memoir

September 21, 2024

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I look around me and wonder why so many have sold their very souls for wealth, power, recognition, adoration -- or am I just envious because no one offered to buy my soul? Read
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Essay / Romance

September 21, 2024

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flickering remembrance Read
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Essay / Editorial and Opinion

September 20, 2024

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The world is a different place compared to the world of my upbringing, but not altogether for the better. Read
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Essay / True Confessions

September 20, 2024

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let go your Earthly Teather, Enter The Void ..Empty and become wind . Read
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Essay / Non-Fiction

September 19, 2024

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the hallowed document called the constitution is your friend. but its also the law. the supreme law of the land. and the sacred document called the constitution demands obeisance. it is written. dont just fucking take it for granted. it wasnt written on tablets but on parchment. do not disobey… Read
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Essay / Romance

September 19, 2024

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Essay / Other

September 18, 2024

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a review of thoughts on the essay by annie dillard called "living like weasels". Read
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Essay / Memoir

September 17, 2024

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genau wie Yoda sagte, nur eben Luke Read
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Essay / Editorial and Opinion

September 17, 2024

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It seems that there are two main approaches to solving climate change – the techno-fix solution and the stay-home-and-tend-your-garden solution. We are drifting inexorably into the first of these, since consumer capitalism and the way governments of all political stripes just finds this the easiest solution to everything. Technology will… Read
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Essay / Flash Fiction

September 16, 2024

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MAGA -- America's new The People’s Temple, The Branch Davidians, Haven’s Gate -- now circling the same drain that saw an end to their illusions and delusions, except this time, not the lives of tens or hundreds -- but of a nation. Read
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Essay / Memoir

September 15, 2024

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My thought writing that i had done some years ago. Read
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Essay / Non-Fiction

September 15, 2024

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Political striptease --- it should always be arousing, stimulating -- not a performance of nonsensical gobbledygook, gibberish and rubbish – uttered from sagging and fading bodies and minds that refuses to accept the reflection of themselves in the mirror – naked, exposed, unmasked, and no longer relevant or pertinent. Read
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Our country and other democracies of the world are slipping from the foundational democratic principles. remembering these very principles may help save the last bastions of civil societies. Read
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Essay / Other

September 09, 2024

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im not sure what to call this perhaps journaling , but its me letting you into my haven where i bleed on paper Read
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A short essay about anomie and if the world has been infected to the point that societies and nations are at the point of devolution. Read
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Essay / Religion and Spirituality

September 07, 2024

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For years the Lord's Prayer has been a mantra or chant within the churches around the world. Was it given to us in the Word of God to use like that? Read
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Essay / Memoir

September 06, 2024

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Just my mind thinking about the most recent school shooting -- about war -- about aging and dying -- all moments that lead to forever . . . Read
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Essay / Editorial and Opinion

September 05, 2024

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Climate alarmists don't look on the big picture and the fixation with carbon dioxide is tunnel vision. Our government says it will save the planet by planting more trees, but that's not the real reason... we've signed up to a UN sponsored committment to reduce our emissions but in doing… Read
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Eulogy to a friend I never met . . . but so profound the friendship we never had. Read
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Essay / Non-Fiction

September 01, 2024

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Failed state of a potentially great land. Yesterday our independence day and in all these decades the people's needs unmet. Despite trillions in oil revenue the nation is torn part by violence and other social ills, explained too in my work SHATTERED INDEPENDENCE in less detail versus this one. Deliberately… Read
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Essay / Editorial and Opinion

September 01, 2024

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I woke up to answer on this Sunday morning -- and as my heart and soul ached in pain -- my mind rambled -- and this post is the result. It may not make sense -- as it may only be my anger trying to escape the weak and fragile… Read
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Essay / Other

August 31, 2024

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Thanks for all the reads. Read
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Life is shackled by the ghosts of time -- imagine if we could only live life without the guilt, without the regrets . . . . Read
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Essay / Non-Fiction

August 31, 2024

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If there’s one thing that could be said about human nature, it’s that we’re fickle! We pride ourselves on rationality, but to be rational is a hard-fought battle. But there are ways to look at things that might offer us a bit of hope – might offer some common ground… Read
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Essay / True Confessions

August 29, 2024

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I'm a Human after all. Read
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An amateur posting some thoughts Read
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Essay / Other

August 27, 2024

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Essay / Non-Fiction

August 27, 2024

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Edmund burke played a leading role in the way in which questions of beauty and aesthetics are considered today. His writings on the subject are fascinating in what they tell us about the ideas of his time. but they also give away something of the man himself. the things that… Read
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Essay / Memoir

August 26, 2024

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Essay / Memoir

August 26, 2024

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Courage is not a part of war -- courage is what comes in the middle of the night and fills a young boy's body and mind with fear and terror, and takes away the dream that was. Read
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Everyone keeps talking about doing down the "rabbit hole." Well -- let's see what's inside the rabbit hole that no one wants to talk about . . . Read
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The RNC. The DNC. Eight days of partisan demagoguery and fanaticism. And one, and only one moment still etched in my mind and in my heart. One giant leap of love, devotion and adoration -- and yet one small step by a son who touched so many hearts in one… Read
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American heroes -- they used to be borne of wars, battles, struggles -- extraordinary men and women in circumstances beyond their control. Today American heroes -- ordinary people in ordinary places -- changing the world. Read
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My Sunday morning revelation and prayer -- or simply my frustration -- I know not anymore what to believe . . . of myself or my America. Read
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The Stoning of Soraya is a powerful film that explores the tragic consequences of patriarchal oppression in a small Iranian village. Analyzing the film through cultural studies theories—such as postcolonialism, feminism, and media representation—reveals how it critiques the intersection of gender, power, and cultural hegemony. While the film exposes the… Read
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Political clowns ruining the memories of when the circus came to town -- and clowns were jokers and jesters in painted faces -- not politicians with tainted hearts and dirtied lives. Read

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