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Coronavirus–Life in China
Coronavirus -- Life in China The following posts were written by my friend Jerry Grey in Zhongshan China. He posted them on FaceBook to dispel some of the fears many people outside of the [...]
One Last Dance
One Last Dance Senior year of high school 1968--69. Finally, I was reaching the end of school. I hated school, so many dull, uninteresting subjects. As my books slid into my locker [...]
Crossing the Atlantic – a semi-fictional story
photo credit EllisIsland.org Crossing the Atlantic - A Semi-Fictional Story They left all they had, all they knew, to come to America for a better life. The stories of immigrants are as varied [...]
Don’t Eat the Spicy Sichuan Fish
Don't Eat the Spicy Sichuan Fish! Don’t Eat the Spicy Sichuan Fish! Photo Credit: NPR.org Delicious? I would call it aphrodisiac quality cuisine. What could possibly be wrong with that? Glad [...]
Special Agent Man
As a television news cameraman, I chased guys like Steve to various crime scenes, and never once did they answer a question any other way than “I can’t comment on that.” Secret Agent Man is the story of Steve Moore
Queen of the Tuscany Kitchen
Martine always woke up at 4:00 am. Important work was to be done in the kitchen. She was the Queen of the Tuscany Kitchen.
Fifty Floors of Fear
FIFTY FLOORS OF FEAR photo credit: Four Seasons New York One step up a ladder makes my palms sweat. Imagine my near-heart-attack when I stepped onto a scaffolding on the side of [...]
KDFM Walnut Creek, CA
KDFM Walnut Creek California As a teenager I had a transistor radio glued to my ear. I passionately wanted to be an announcer on a radio station. It wasn’t easy to break into the [...]
The Greatest ‘Oops’ on Earth
The frantic clown streamed out of the Ringling Brothers - Barnum and Bailey big top at Baraboo, Wisconsin. His over-sized shoes flip-flopped across the pavement as he ran toward us screaming “Dr. Bob! Dr. Bob!!” We thought something had happened inside the tent and a doctor was urgently needed.
Puppy Love Revisited
Puppy Love Revisited (names were changed to protect the guilty) I was 11, she was much older, at 12. Nicole, her younger brother, Randy, my sister, and dumb, fat Victor would walk up the [...]