Thanksgiving. A day to give thanks for all we have, all we’ve been given. I give thanks for three kids, all of whom were born normal and grew up straight and tall. I give thanks for five grandchildren who are all on their way to successful and fulfilling lives. And I give thanks for a life that seems incredibly short but also incredibly full. I give thanks for a wife who has stood by me for fifty-one years through all kinds of tough times and for being there still. I give thanks for living in Sun City West, as great a place as I could have ever imagined. I give thanks for all the friends and relatives whose arms I’ve twisted to get them to read the words I’ve written and continue to write. Thanks for everything. And everyone, have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
I've always collected errors in diction, things people mis-hear, like "windshield factor" and "the next store neighbors." Years ago, one of my students wrote an essay in which she described the world as being harsh and cruel, "a doggy-dog world." I've since come to think she may have been more astute and accurate than those who describe it in the usual way. My Stories - Mobridge Memories -
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Most of what I've written has been published as e-books and is available at Amazon. Match Play is a golf/suspense novel. Dust of Autumn is a bloody one set in upstate New York. Prairie View is set in South Dakota, with a final scene atop Rattlesnake Butte. Life in the Arbor is a children's book about Rollie Rabbit and his friends (on about a fourth grade level). The Black Widow involves an elaborate extortion scheme. Happy Valley is set in a retirement community. Doggy-Dog World is my memoir. And ES3 is a description of my method for examining English sentence structure.
In case anyone is interested in any of my past posts, an archive list can be found at the bottom of this page. I'd appreciate any feedback you may have by sending me an e-mail note--jertrav33@aol.com. Thanks for your interest.
Thursday, November 24
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