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Amtrak Train Ride Leg Two: The Staff
So…where was I? Oh, yes. First night on the train. It was a long one. The Sunset Limited arrives in San Antonio in the wee hours. As bad luck would have it, this particular night was lengthened by some...
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Amtrak Ride Leg 3: Food and Beverages
Amtrak train travel, especially compared to airline travel, gives you a great deal of freedoms. You can bring most anything legal onboard. This includes food and beverages, pillows and blankets. The...
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Teacher’s Back to School
Teacher’s Back to School Back to school now, season’s done What has happened to all that fun? Of greeting friends and smiling faces Who came to join us from far off places. Waistline worse from all...
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Not quite forty-eight hours and I am still recovering from the betrayal and sucker punch delivered by Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. Spoiler Alert: If you don’t want to know the plot, quit reading now....
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You know… Thoughtful writing is not that hard Fans didn’t deserve this harsh canard Parker, Craymer, Streep why did you All have to take her without thinking it through You excised an icon, a heart, a...
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A Post Poe Pondering
A Post Poe Pondering… What, oh What, shall this Year bring? A nominal nothing or a Mighty Thing? So what is real and what is crap? Lying wasted, I’ve had my nap. Need to wander, ponder, saunter...
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Bringing Home an Empty Cage
Bringing Home an Empty Cage Bringing home an empty cage Another cat gone from old age Charlotte gone to be with brothers Eli, Rusty and the others. Pets are parts of hearts and places Who, with our...
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A Goodbye Poem
A Goodbye Poem Oh, my dear students, how I will miss you so Thus I penned you this missive before I go For there are several things that I want you to know. Please never forget, now, the things I have...
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A Tribute to a Precious Friend
A Tribute for My Sherri, My Friend On a bright day in ‘74, a resplendent friend walked through the gym door. The first thing I saw was her infectious smile, I knew quickly we’d be friends for a while....
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Ferocious Jabari * By Dorothy Hagan 2019 While explaining to 7th graders the Ways to combat the haters, the ignorant And race baiters, I said plan to ignore And then I implored them to guard their...
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