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Sparkle And Fade
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE The two years I spent in Columbia provided me with a lifetime of good memories. I will never forget all the good times...
Oz
Nov 1, 20233 min read
Amarillo By Morning
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO It was December when Melissa and I got on the road to head back home to Fresno. It had been over two years since I had...
Oz
Oct 31, 20233 min read
Thank you Rae
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE I loved kids and considered applying to the Children's Hospital where Melissa got her job back after returning from...
Oz
Oct 29, 20233 min read
The collateral damage
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR It had to be 2003 or 2004. I had gotten out of the military not too long before and had been living in this country as...
Oz
Oct 29, 20237 min read
Jealous, nasty, nosy, obsessed, opportunistic, weak-minded, insecure, lying coward, creep and a major stalker
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE If you're not bothered by what this stalker did, and you don't view him as a threat to society, you are part of what's wrong with this world. These people bring unnecessary anxiety upon themselves by inflicting harm on others. Anytime bad things start to happen to them, and they experience misfortune in their lives, they wonder if the universe is getting back at them for what they've done. It's a burden and worry they carry for the rest of their lives. This
Oz
Oct 27, 20239 min read
Ignorance: Lack of knowledge and/or understanding
CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX After hundreds of hostile encounters, ignorant comments, and stereotyping experiences, it has become clear to me that some people don’t like Turkey and the Turkish people, and they never will. Regardless of how open-minded I am, how much knowledge I have about music, movies, the world, the universe, science, food, or sports, no matter how much kindness I display, there are times when none of it matters. Many times, a wonderful conversation will end after
Oz
Oct 26, 202314 min read
Counting Blue Cars
CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN Ever since childhood, I have been fascinated by cars. My father had a 1965 red Volkswagen Beetle, and he used to let...
Oz
Oct 26, 202313 min read
Truth is stranger than fiction
CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT Many years ago, I bought Life’s Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown Jr. One of the 511 valuable quotes in the...
Oz
Oct 24, 20234 min read
The magic of music
CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE Throughout my life, my love of music has brought me a vast number of great songs and artists from different eras and...
Oz
Oct 23, 202310 min read
Each of us is unique but we are all human
CHAPTER SIXTY Ever since my teen years, I have been fascinated by heroic people and heroic acts and been saddened by unfortunate and...
Oz
Oct 23, 202311 min read
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