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Comfort Zone: A Tale of Suspense

July 19, 2020

​I just finished reading Comfort Zone: A Tale of Suspense by Stephen Bentley, former undercover British detective, now crime author….

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BEST COOK IN THE WORLD

May 27, 2020

 J. C. Penney used to have a store right on the Circle in Indianapolis. The front was curved around from…

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May 26, 2020

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Why I Keep Trying Even If I’m Too Sick to Go On

May 12, 2020

“Perhaps some day I’ll crawl back home beaten defeated. But not as long as I can make stories out of…

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Emmie of Indianapolis, a Novel

May 8, 2020

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Daughter of the Sea My Voyage to Freedom and Womanhood

April 20, 2020

“Was all our pain and suffering worth it? Is the pain and suffering of childbirth worth a baby? You decide….

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April 9, 2020

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What Should We Name This War?
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Yet rich men love it
I am right
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guns tanks bombs your side my side
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Shadorma-a Spanish poetic form of six-line stanzas, or sestets, and a syllable count for each line: (3/5/3/3/7/5).

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