At the beginning of this visionary tale, the unnamed protagonist has just died. By the time the reader is inexorably drawn to the conclusion of A Retrospect in Death, the only uncovered fact about the narrator, who could be any man or every man, is his name. Reviewing his life with his higher self - his connection…

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“E-K-E?”

“Eke.”

“What is that?”

“Are you challenging?”

“Believe it.”

Greg reached for the SCRABBLE Players Dictionary and began flipping its pages. He’d played this game against his old nemesis, Barry, plotting his strategy carefully. Playing his last tile a few minutes ago, Greg held a slim lead—347-341. The nearly three-and-a-half-hour epic battle had gone nearly the way he’d planned it. Barry had darted out to a quick early…

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November 29 marks the anniversary of the death of former Beatle, George Harrison. Has it really been ten years already? A tribute concert was performed, recorded and released on CD in 2003. A Concert for George featured many of George’s oldest and best friends: Jeff Lynne, Gary Brooker, Joe Brown, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton and the two remaining Beatles, Paul McCartney…

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Below appears a flash piece I wrote given a prompt: the first three words ...



“I’m sorry, but—”

“No, you’re not sorry,” he said into the phone.

“But—”

“There you go again, trying to justify your decision—the choice you made. Erich Segal got it wrong—all wrong. Being in love means forever having to say you’re sorry. Putting the needs of your family ahead of your own. But an apology with an explanation is really no apology at all, is…

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500 Miles is my new work in progress.



My dad took me to my first Indy 500 in 1966, the year Graham Hill won and I’ve been hooked ever since. The 1960s are considered the golden era of motorsports. At that time Indy had a pure formula and innovation was encouraged—unlike today, where, to keep costs down, the cars pretty much come out of a box.



Today the sport has become all about technology—wind tunnels, engineers, two-way communication with the drivers and pit lane…

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Another Labor Day is here and again I’m left to wonder, isn’t Mother’s Day enough? Isn’t it safe to assume that all mothers have endured labor? So why again do we honor women who’ve gone through labor?



I’m joking of course. But truly, taking a day off work to celebrate, well, work?



And in this economy, which is forecasted to worsen in 2012, I wonder what Labor Day means to those who’ve been unemployed for a year or more. I’m grateful to have a job at which I labor even if… Continue

“E-K-E?”

“Eke.”

“What is that?”

“Are you challenging?”

“Better believe it.”

Greg reached for the SCRABBLE Players Dictionary and began flipping its pages. He’d played this game against his old nemesis, Barry, plotting his strategy carefully. Playing his last tile a few minutes ago, Greg held a slim lead—347-341. The nearly three-and-a-half-hour epic battle had gone nearly the way he’d planned it. Barry had darted out to a quick…

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