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Fred was born in Montgomery, Alabama and spent his childhood at schools in various parts of the world as the family followed his father's postings. He is a member of the writer's group :"Tuesdays at Two", now a retired government bureaucrat and househusband, living in Northern Virginia with his wife, one cats, a Westie and a stimulating level of chaos.

127. Mandala

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right.  Steve Strether opens his old scratched Dutch Masters cigar box. … Continue reading

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126. Flood

126. Flood NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right.  Lou and Diddlie are already at the corner … Continue reading

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125. Smoke Signal

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right.  Heavy showers come down with monsoon-like density, after a … Continue reading

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124. Hand Writing

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right. 124. Hand Writing.  White oak blossom, short, snaky, dark yellow … Continue reading

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123. Orbit

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right. The text from bel Vionnet says, “The ‘Bookery’, 12:30.” … Continue reading

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122. Scrambled Egg

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right. “Did you know Hank Dumpty has been discharged?” “So, … Continue reading

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121. Snowflake in a Blizzard

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right. Rank Majors greets me outside the Cavendish Pie Shop … Continue reading

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120. Jake’s Summer

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right. “I think that is our long-lost neighbor.” Bel Vionnet … Continue reading

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119. Phone Call

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right. Paula Pocock holds the door for a hooded customer … Continue reading

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118. Watching and Rememebring

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right. Lou is subdued, slouched in his chair.  We sit … Continue reading

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117. Feline Color

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right.  “John Tenniel and Son.  Finest artists’ colors and supports,” … Continue reading

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116. In the Ivy

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right.  Diddlie arrives home in her friend’s silver Prius as … Continue reading

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115. A Great Fall

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right. Hank Dumpty was admitted to Prestige University Medical Center … Continue reading

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114. Fresh

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right.  Walking with Lark through one of the last bits … Continue reading

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113. Concrete

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112. Vacuum of Doom

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right.  Three leafless stems with a few thin branches rise … Continue reading

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111. The Feline Five Hundred

Josephine looks out from under the couch, twitching her torn ears which were crushed by the motion of her head against the front of the couch. She bounds across the room and races towards the hall speedway with the others.  Two tabbies, Mashall Joachim Murat and Marshal Ney, Prince of the Moskovie, collide in the hall doorway closing in behind Josephine, but skidding on the parquet as they make the turn. Continue reading

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110. Running, Red and Blue

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right.  Mrs. Rutherford stands patiently behind the curving glass counter … Continue reading

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109. The Red and the White

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right.  Lou bites into his burger.  A piece of lettuce … Continue reading

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108. Cypher Mattress

NOTE: If you haven’t been following this from the beginning, and if you want to know the full sequence of events, start with the introduction.  Click on Archives on the right.  Flowers of golden rod spray the sun’s yellows up … Continue reading

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