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The Halloween Project Day 7: Volume Cask
This one is not dedicated but aimed, like an arrow to the bullseye, at bad teachers, especially those who ridicule, demean and diminish...
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The Halloween Project Day 6: In Hell There Is No Redemption
Tattoos. They’re loved and hated. Once the province of Maori warriors, sailors, carnies, they now are sported as fashion and coolness. ...
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The Halloween Project Day 5: Cat Scratch Fever
Dogs and Halloween just don’t match. Neither do parakeets, lizards, guinea pigs or hamsters. I’m sure someone could write a nice little...
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The Halloween Project Day 4: Hand in Hand
This one is dedicated to Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. I’ve had the good fortune to pass days in castles and mountainsides,...
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The Halloween Project Day 3: Extreme Kayaking
Dedicated to all my friends who love to float, silently and serene, on the river of life. Bridget’s kayak was about 40 yards ahead of me...
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The Halloween Project Day 2: Textual Evidence
Texting while driving can certainly get one in trouble. All kinds of trouble. I see people do it all the time. People swerve in and...
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The Halloween Project Day 1: The Banjo Man
The overstuffed chair on the porch of his ramshackle house barely supported Zeke as he gazed out on the stars against the purpling sky of...
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The Halloween Project - First Ceremony 2017
October 15, 2017 Let me begin with just one word. Halloween. For many of us it conjures up images of our youth, flung far to the past....