Divine Right
/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
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Hyperborea
/It’s unreachable from…
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… early years I read a lot of historical fiction. One book I remember well was five hundred-plus pages long. It bulked with promise. Surely I thought, a book of this size must have much to tell. The title of the book...
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreBrrr . . .
/The Fuegian's had …
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…first word after stepping from cabin to deck was probably - brrr . . . Tierra del Fuego is cold all year long; spring, summer, winter, and fall, nearly indistinguishable winter temperature soar to as high as …
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreJust Kidding
/There is a dark side…
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… business, this business of humor; dangerous, too, comedians are always talking about, “killin’ their audience. Ordinary folk, in a fit of laughter say, “Stop, stop, please, your killin’ me!”! When a comedian fails to get laughs…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe Mystery Of Amelia
/Legend never dies.
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… the 2nd of July, not a cloud was in the sky. Amelia Erhart went flying high that day. ith her partner, Capt. Noone, She sailed off into the sky, And fell into the ocean, far away. Here’s to you, here’s to you, Amelia Erhart, America’s first lady of the…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreBamboo Dancing...
/Plain stuff is shrouded…
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…of snow set the bamboo in motion. It seems as though the bamboo is dancing in savage celebration of the winter storm. Nonsense of course. The bamboo does the same dance in summer…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreDiversity Of What
/Groups selected by…
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There seems to be confusion about the meaning of the…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreGame Of Mind
/Your move next. What‘ll it be?
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…squares of black, white and gray. Black squares lead to failure. White squares lead to success. Gray squares lead to indecision. None of the…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreAn Excess Of Zeal
/If Utopia requires…
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…are two inscriptions on the walls of the Temple at Delphi: Know Thyself; and Nothing in Excess. They were inscribed there some twenty-five hundred years ago. These two aphorisms were wise…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe Burning
/I’ve loyally kept my …
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… remembering seems as much dream as memory. I was four years old. That probably accounts for the haze. We were on a picnic; Dad, Mom, me, and Uncle Gordan. I remember the spindly grill being taken from the trunk …
By K. L. Shipley
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