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You know what it is like. You have been there. An argument wherein neither party is willing to budge. Each one deeply invested in winning...
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manuwrites
- Aug 19, 2022
- 4 min
Mrs. Knapp
Mrs. Knapp had been a teacher prior to her retirement, whereupon she became simply old Mrs. Knapp (as she was referred to by all the kids...
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manuwrites
- May 27, 2022
- 2 min
Look Watch Observe
To look – direct one’s gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction. To watch – look at or observe attentively over a...
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manuwrites
- Apr 29, 2022
- 2 min
Reacquaintance
Photo by Kulbir So, this is it. Alone and starting over again. There is a teenage flitting of excitement in the pit of the stomach and...
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manuwrites
- Jan 7, 2022
- 2 min
Chineasy by SHAOLAN
Back to basics Characters representing words placed on an associated pictorial (see cover page drawing where feet and a head were added...
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manuwrites
- Dec 21, 2021
- 3 min
Express yourself
An explosion of ideas Basquiat, Haring and Banksy did it via their Graffiti art. Madonna did it via her music. Writers, architects,...
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manuwrites
- Nov 23, 2021
- 3 min
Fear from Fiction
Picture this…Grade five, recess time and a ball buster boy in my class (Martin) told me that years ago someone had hung themselves in the...
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manuwrites
- Nov 16, 2021
- 4 min
CONFESSIONS OF AN ADRENALIN JUNKIE
USPA D Licensed Sky Diving Instructor – Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor – High Altitude Alpinist and Master Scuba Diver Williams...
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manuwrites
- Nov 12, 2021
- 2 min
False friends – the vocabulary kind
While studying in Italy (as a young high school student) I visited the local grocery shop and ordered prosciutto and panini to take back...
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manuwrites
- Jul 30, 2021
- 1 min
Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “S”
The Letter “S” Solitary and solicitous to remain so, or so, he thought. He shunned prosaic societal situations and opted for studious...
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manuwrites
- Jul 20, 2021
- 1 min
Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “I”
The Letter “I” I have always had an insatiable interest in the intricate innermost workings of his mind. After all, he left an indelible...
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manuwrites
- Jun 22, 2021
- 1 min
Discovery
Next door of sisters there are three Here it’s just mom and dad and me Feeling quite bored I captured a bee And lovingly fed it flowers...
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manuwrites
- Jun 1, 2021
- 1 min
Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “W”
THE LETTER “W” Words. So many words jostling and competing, some surviving and thriving, while others are left behind to die. The trick...
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manuwrites
- May 18, 2021
- 1 min
Sharing books
#read #johnmurray #darkside #growth #personalities #gettingalong #characters #relationships #knowingyourself #friends #dysfunction #love...
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manuwrites
- May 14, 2021
- 3 min
A very special bond
Thomas Wolfe and Margaret Roberts Learning about the writer and the man While in North Carolina, I visited Asheville and the home (now a...
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manuwrites
- May 11, 2021
- 4 min
Costa Rica
Breakfast in the forest We awaken to the trumpet like blare of peacocks (an alternative to the more clichéd rooster), the rustling of...
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manuwrites
- May 7, 2021
- 1 min
Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “C”
THE LETTER “C” Cross legged and cozy in a corner of my closet, I compose and choreograph compelling encounters for the charming, cool and...
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manuwrites
- Apr 30, 2021
- 6 min
CHAPTER II – CONNECTIONS
A bulky builder with huge working hands, fingers thick as sausages and cracked skin (the sort of hands that Tina Modotti would...
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manuwrites
- Apr 16, 2021
- 1 min
Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “M”
THE LETTER “M” Mortadella and Swiss cheese sandwiches distinguisehd that memorable summer of 1989 from all others. It was a time of manic...
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manuwrites
- Apr 13, 2021
- 5 min
The librarian
As long as I can remember there were books. In the beginning, picture books alphabet books and pop up books. Much later (High School and...
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