Submissions by JPYoung
The Funeral Patrol
Story
‘We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf.’ — George Orwell
24 mins
Words: 4970
Read Time: 24 mins
Read Time: 24 mins
Familiar Sight from China Light
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'You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.' - Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
5 mins
Words: 1026
Read Time: 5 mins
Read Time: 5 mins
Picnic in Upton Park
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Life is a picnic on a precipice – W.H. Auden
13 mins
Words: 2671
Read Time: 13 mins
Read Time: 13 mins
Commando Existential
Story
‘War (conflict) means fighting (contact), and fighting (contact) means killing (inflicting & incurring casualties)’- Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest (politically incorrect male)
14 mins
Words: 2991
Read Time: 14 mins
Read Time: 14 mins
Big Deal at a Camellia Cotillion
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‘Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.’ — Gérard de Nerval
4 mins
Words: 981
Read Time: 4 mins
Read Time: 4 mins
Just One of Those Things
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One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
5 mins
Words: 1013
Read Time: 5 mins
Read Time: 5 mins
The Danté’s One Day of the Year
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them…
13 mins
Words: 2654
Read Time: 13 mins
Read Time: 13 mins
Stranger on a Train to Taraquilla
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‘…an Adventure was going to happen...’ –Winnie the Pooh
12 mins
Words: 2463
Read Time: 12 mins
Read Time: 12 mins
Smile Awhile
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‘Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.’ —W.C. Fields
8 mins
Words: 1723
Read Time: 8 mins
Read Time: 8 mins
Go Your Own Way
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‘Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more’ – Shakey’s Henry V
5 mins
Words: 1183
Read Time: 5 mins
Read Time: 5 mins
Three Girls Go Celtic!
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‘Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.’ - Helen Keller
13 mins
Words: 2774
Read Time: 13 mins
Read Time: 13 mins
The Inevitable Bells of Change
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The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. — Audrey Hepburn
4 mins
Words: 998
Read Time: 4 mins
Read Time: 4 mins