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The indefinite line of predawn murk was chased across the sky as the sun rose on the first day of spring in the coastal city of Merebon. Restless in anticipation of the shift change, the night watch was starting to fidget when an alarm from the high tower ripped through the misty half-light of dawn. Ships! At least twenty ships rounding the point! Sound general quarters! Gazing intently...

Night was falling as the three made their way towards the hall for the Spring Dance. I cant wait to get my hands on some of Bevs fresh rolls and roast mutton, Nocs said with a gleam in his eyes, and some of her pie. I just wish the berries were ripe now. They approached the hall and were greeted by Marivon. She had changed her clothing to the dress of the Spring Mistress. Dark blue and golden...

The sun was still high in the sky as Temon emerged from the hall. So there you are. I have made us a lunch. We can go What is wrong, Temon? Trancy asked, You look as if you swallowed a sour pickle and it got stuck halfway down. Temon just looked at her, unsure where to start. He, I, and the rest of the F F Damn it! the rest of us got tri tri Oh, One World! They really did it to us, didnt...

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The book "Tuesdays with Morrie" told the very touching story of a man named Morrie, a retired philosophy Professor, dying of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The book was written by a past student of Morrie, who made it a point to visit his mentor every Tuesday and gain Morrie's pearls of wisdom before he died. I read the book and thought the story was...

My heart really goes out to those children from Central America that are flooding our country. I know conditions in their home country are deplorable. But these children and their families are being exploited by criminals who are profiting from this. They are convincing the families of these children that an amnesty law that was passed to allow children who came here before 2007 to remain also...

The unemployment rate fell in June and that is a good thing!There are reasons for the decline some of those reasons are readily apparent and some of those reasons are below the surface of the data and need to be ferreted out. The political messaging and rhetoric from all sectors of the political spectrum continue to use the jobs report, the unemployment rate, the overall economic recovery and...

Souvenir. From the French word meaning to remember. We collect souvenirs throughout our lives. Occasionally we take them out from their dusty boxes, the scrap books we carefully constructed, or the photo albums we put them in, and look at them and remember. But the real souvenirs are the ones that are not physical, not the ones that we can actually see, but the ones that made us who...

What seems like a lifetime ago, I had a very close friend, Jesse. He was everything a person should be. He was kind, good natured, brilliant, athletic, and very handsome. But to me, he was a great pal, someone I could talk to and would keep all my secrets. We cared about each other in that very special way that happens only every now and then with guy-girl friendships. We were getting...