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Month: March 2021

March 29, 2021March 10, 2021crookedcreek.live

“12 Years a Slave”

Solomon Northup, a black man, was born free in 1808. He lived in New York State with his wife and three children. He worked and supported his family and loved playing the violin. One day he was kidnapped and following being sold multiple times he ended up spending twelve years as a slave on a […]

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March 25, 2021March 17, 2021crookedcreek.live

Writers In Prison

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in prison? In solitary confinement? On death row? Now you can know those things and much more about a prisoner’s life by reading what prisoners write at https://prisonwriters.com. “Prison Writers . . . . Where Prisoners have a Voice” is an internet site of […]

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March 22, 2021March 5, 2021crookedcreek.live

Sylvia’s Poetry

a blue-sky day dried grass plumesrise above a patch of cattails… cattails whose headshave long since blown open,now fuzzy and disheveled,nod in the breeze naked tree branchesscratch and clawat a bright blue sky…anxiously waitingto slip from winter bondageand break into bud signs have begun to appear..portents of things to come… the greening of grass…nodding white […]

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March 18, 2021March 5, 2021crookedcreek.live

Assisted Death

We all know, or at least have heard of, individuals who spent the last part of their lives in long-term facilities without any quality of life while eating up all of one’s lifetime savings. Medical costs at the end of life are a huge portion of one’s lifetime medical expenses. There are others who have […]

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March 15, 2021March 1, 2021crookedcreek.live

“Sophie’s Choice”

Written by William Styron, one of my favorite authors https://crookedcreek.live/2018/02/26/books-3/ “Sophie’s Choice” is a tragic story of a young Polish woman who was sentenced to a prison camp in Germany during World War II. After her release she holds her heartbreaking family secret within until many years later. When she finally finds the strength to […]

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March 13, 2021February 13, 2021crookedcreek.live

Tiny Shining Star by Sylvia

tiny shining star twinkle tiny shining star… beyond the night away so far… in darkest depths  of sunless skies… your sparkling  leaves me mesmerized… even in  the light of day… you shine  though millions of miles away… oh star that in the dark of night… guides us with celestial light… your mysteries  i’m left to […]

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March 11, 2021March 5, 2021crookedcreek.live

Big Red Surprise

My brother, Steve, lived in California with his family of four children. He had told his kids about Kentucky where he was born and raised. Some things were significant, I guess, but some were just about simple memories. It seems that California, at that time, lacked two staples that he missed, Big Red Soda and […]

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March 8, 2021March 5, 2021crookedcreek.live

“To Kill A Mockingbird”

Like most of you, I have read “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee more than once. And, of course, I’ve seen the movie based upon this extraordinary book multiple times. I decided to listen to the audio version while riding my Beast. I’m sure you remember this contraption but in case you do not […]

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March 4, 2021February 21, 2021crookedcreek.live

Camp Grandmother’s

Life has been an adventure and I just realized that sounds like it is coming to an end. That isn’t what I mean, but after seventy-seven years on this orb, I have much to look back on. Education was fun and my career was satisfying, but pure joy only comes from sharing life with those […]

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March 1, 2021February 20, 2021crookedcreek.live

“The Call of the Wild”

Like most of you, I imagine, I read “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London years ago. I remembered the short book to be about a sweet dog who returned to the wild and lived happily ever after. This week, while riding the Beast, a.k.a. my Cardio Strider, I decided to listen to the […]

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