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Chapter 1 Laozi wrote, "Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not." He may have conferred with Yoda. "The world's a bubble, and the life of man, Less than a span." -- Francis Bacon "To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, Every cubic inch of space is a miracle." -- Walt Whitman "The time times...
May seem too steamy or sexy for some sensitive souls. Chaos came one day to Pewee Valley. Rumors of an outbreak of nymphomania at the women's prison spread like wildfire. Mayor Bob Rogers did all he could to calm panicked townies, but for safety ordered an evacuation. Governor Matt Bevin sent the National Guard to maintain a quarter-mile buffer zone, while the CDC focused on curbing its spread. ...
May seem too steamy or sexy for some sensitive souls. Something about him caught Tazzie's eye & kept her focused on him. Physically & appearancewise, he met all her requirements, tall, strong, confident, well-dressed, & modest. His smile melted her heart & she wanted to know more about him. Her first hint he might be special was when she learned his birthdate made him her...
May seem too steamy or sexy for some sensitive souls. Amber coaxed her new buddy John to use the expertise he gleaned from 2 previous multi-year projects & return to pot farming. With her help it would be easier than doing it all himself & he promised to show her his techniques. She wasn't quite prepared for daily helicopter flybys or occasional attacks by ants, mold, fungus, & scale, but she...
May seem too steamy or sexy for some sensitive souls. John wanted to kiss Ashley & so much more, but he also realized this would be a moment she'd likely relive countless times. He knew he couldn't ask her how she wanted to be kissed nor just wait 'til she closed her eyes, lips puckered invitingly, so he had to make it epic. He'd love to nuzzle her nipples if she'd let him release them from their C-cu...
May seem too steamy or sexy for some sensitive souls.As a youth, I loved to read books & sc-fi short stories, taking Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics classes with my Dad at Arlington Racecourse. In 8th grade, a girl classmate & I did a creative school bulletin together. My 1st major was Journalism, but they wouldn't let me in those classes. Stymied by writers' block, I couldn't express my own ideas & thus grew depressed. Late in life, a mentor newly inspired me to scan hundreds of books I wrote long reports on, t...
May seem too hard on too old leaders. Let's look at the tools of various worldly octogenarians. US President Joe Biden has access to the "nuclear football" & bully pulpit, but he'd best not use either of them at age 80. Pope Francis holds the keys to the Roman Catholic Church, yet at 86 can seldom find them amid Vatican wealth, archives, scandals, & clutter. Senators Diane Feinstein & Chuck Grassley, both 89, & Mitch McConnell 81 are eld...
May be deemed CIA "conspiracy". Tim Travers' niece Wanda Spayze had a knack for finding curios on her early morning beach walks around the island: seashells of various shapes & sizes, well-worn colored glass, occasional jewelry, gnarled driftwood, fishing net buoys from Japan, all of which adorned her home. Today at Kahauloa Cove by Lānaʻi Lookout, a wide wine bottle bobbing on the shoals of time caught her eye so between wave sets she waded in to check it out. It was oblong teal glass w...
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