Deanna Kariotakis

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“Patriot and Daughter” by Deanna Kariotakis

Submitted to Contest #274

Nature had put on her party clothes for us as we drove through upstate New York in mid October. Sunshine yellow beech, rusty red maple and cool green Hemlock were knitted a patchwork skirt with a blue topaz blouse. The view kept our attention, so the seemingly endless turns and dirt back country roads didn’t bother us as we navigated our way to Evergreen Hill Cemetery. Our mission was to get a headstone rubbing of my ancestor, Gad Sutliff, Revolutionary War Patriot, and his wife Katherine who passed in 1842 and 1813 respectively.  ...

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I'm a beginner writer. But not a beginner person. I would love to write full time when I retire from my current career. My life is full with my husband and dogs, my home and travel. But soon I need to get the stories out of my head and onto digital paper!