Compassion for those who bleed
Huntley Bannister, the main character in The Leavings, has a bleeding disorder known as von Willebrand’s disease. When I began writing...
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Hello and welcome to my blog
I'm so glad you're here. I'll do my best to entertain you with stories, short essays, and an occasional poem. Let me know if there's something you'd like to see here in the comments section. For now, enjoy!
rebrhoads
- Apr 13
- 4 min
My Pretty Pony
Stick and binder twine forts in the woods. Ponies shaking deer flies from their ears. Long trail rides on hot summer days. Braunschweiger...
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rebrhoads
- Oct 26, 2022
- 4 min
Take a Picture!
The fall rains have come. For over a week, it’s been gloomy with spates of downpours, spits of drizzles, and pelts of snow, weather which...
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rebrhoads
- Sep 22, 2022
- 3 min
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's POPOV MAN!
Who doesn’t enjoy a calming walk along a country road? A nice stretch of the ol’ legs in fresh air is not only good for the body, but it...
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rebrhoads
- Jul 22, 2022
- 3 min
Quiet People, Big Impact
Some of the most admirable and influential people in my life have been those who speak quietly, oftentimes without words. They go about...
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rebrhoads
- Apr 27, 2022
- 3 min
Blast off! Elon Musk and Twitter
The furor over Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter intrigues me. It reveals much about the state of our States where social media is...
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rebrhoads
- Feb 22, 2022
- 4 min
Cannonball! A plunge into the past...
Learning to swim was as essential as breathing in my family. Dad made sure of it, especially as he’d been the point of the spear in...
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rebrhoads
- Jan 20, 2022
- 3 min
Becoming Gollum
Another birthday, another year. I have much to be grateful for. I’ve often thought about people in less fortunate circumstances and try...
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rebrhoads
- Dec 30, 2021
- 2 min
Tidbits and Random Thoughts...
It’s a day for penning random thoughts. Such as dealing with our aging Bichon, Paco. Such as the prospect of The Leavings making the...
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rebrhoads
- Nov 18, 2021
- 4 min
Eggs in a Basket
Ten days ago, I sent my latest manuscript to my hard-working agent. She has multiple manuscripts to read from her stable of clients. Mine...
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rebrhoads
- Nov 10, 2021
- 5 min
Pride and Prejudice at the Bedside
It was nearly thirty years ago, but I clearly remember the woman who came to my care in the CCU. She’d been languishing on the medical...
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rebrhoads
- Oct 9, 2021
- 5 min
Fracture Fairy Tail, er, Tale
What a lovely day to graze in the meadow, thought Bessie, the chestnut mare, as she trotted out the paddock gate. I hope I’m the first...
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rebrhoads
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
Let the sunshine in!
What a wonder to have unimpeded conversations again! Oh, the endless frustration of masks that distorted our voices such that simple...
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rebrhoads
- Jun 12, 2021
- 2 min
Vile Creatures
I once had a thriving collection of Asiatic lilies in my perennial garden. Sweet-scented and often bold-colored, there are few flowers...
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rebrhoads
- May 27, 2021
- 4 min
To be free, or not to be free
What is freedom? I pondered this upon hearing of Sebastian Junger’s new book, Freedom, wondering if people had different connotations of...
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rebrhoads
- Feb 27, 2021
- 7 min
The Leavings
(This is a short story rather than my usual blog. It recently received fifth place in a competition sponsored by Reader's Digest - woo...
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rebrhoads
- Jan 22, 2021
- 3 min
Bigger not always better
“The more things change, the more they remain the same.” Alphonse Karr, French novelist. The Danielson School, a one-room schoolhouse,...
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rebrhoads
- Dec 19, 2020
- 3 min
Happy Little Things
I apologize for my lack of attention to you, dear blog. You see, I’ve been focused on so many other things that you have been neglected....
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rebrhoads
- Jul 31, 2020
- 5 min
Ichabod
You will know them by their fruits . . . The world is full of narcissists. Narcissists use many tools to manipulate others. They...
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rebrhoads
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Off with the darling's head!
The art of writing a good novel is not in telling the story, it is in the revisions. Stated more plainly, a story does not make a book...
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