K. L. Shipley
/ GreyThoughts.InfoI wonder how much of…
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…name was Judy, I think. Don’t remember her last name. She walked in off-the-street looking for a job - just out of high school - with no experience and no particular skill. She was plain, short, a bit of a pudge, and completely…
By K. L. Shipley
The awesome prowess …
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…notice of Achilles came when I was very young. I had only to reach behind my head to the bookcase that also served as headboard. The encyclopedias of Funk & Wagnalls stretched the length of the shelf. Sometime around third grade…
By K. L. Shipley
Without Mom, none…
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… matter what stupid, savage, or silly thing you do, your mother will love you anyway. People say their pets love them unconditionally; mothers really do. They’re special, none like them. They are a universal…
By K. L. Shipley
Timmy wonders why…
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…was never robust, certainly not daring. His siblings and cousins forgot that he even existed. That was all fine with Timmy. He found all that rushing about…
By K. L. Shipley
Decline has no…
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… fair to characterize the young of the current world as dismissively as I have in this title. They’re not all vulgar, ignorant, and impatient. Just an ever-increasing number of them. It’s not so much the young, as it is generations of…
By K. L. Shipley
To the modern mind…
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…officially ended 1806 A.D. when the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, was defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte at the battle of…
By K. L. Shipley