I am educated in the Western Classical Tradition, B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in Latin and Greek, English major, one year at U. of Toronto, studied under Alain Renoir and Northrop Frye, read most classics full time for many years after university in French, English, Latin and Greek to the modern day. I am interested in the near future of technology, what changes it imposes upon our heritage and character as humans. Short stories and Essays are my medium.
9 Aug 2022 13 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Akika quora.com That afternoon I drove Naomi to the hospital to fetch her car. She took her mother home but promised to return and stay the night, to see how Jane and Mary fared and also to spend time with Scout, in whom she now took a deep inter...
8 Aug 2022 14 minute read 1 comment Diomedes
Naomi in the greenhouse, pinterest.com. The next morning Scout and I were up before everyone else. We each had a bowl of oatmeal, then straight to the library where I was eager to try out our new reading plan. I abandoned the idea of slowly leve...
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Jane dressed up. pexels-andrea-picquadio “Maybe you two should just live here with me for a while” I posited. They both gave me a puzzled look at this unexpected invite. “Until I can find you a nice place to live.” I added. “Scout deserves a good...
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Jane and Mary. pexels-gary-barnes At the top of the stairs we parted ways. I skipped any reading that night. I just lay in bed, eyes closed, to review the events of the day. It seemed like my real life was becoming just as much enriched and enh...
6 Aug 2022 6 minute read 1 comment Diomedes
My humble abode, pexels-pixabay Mary looked up at us, stopped the tears and started laughing at such an out of place statement. Jane and I sat down with a sigh, greatly relieved. Mary was sipping her wine while Jane was fairly quaffing hers, pou...
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The beach, Pexels-pixabay At the sports shop, looking through the racks of bathing suits I overheard Jane whispering to Mary, “I think Roland is rich so pick out whatever you want. He can afford it.” We all found what we liked and dressed there,...
5 Aug 2022 11 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Scout, olgasha.deviantart.com CHAPTER TWO I leaned back in the chair and began wondering about the motives of what I’d just done. Was it an act of recklessness inspired by the memory of Rich? No, I thought to myself, I don’t have a history of e...
4 Aug 2022 11 minute read 3 comments Diomedes
It was late Saturday morning when I got a call from my friend to meet on the avenue for lunch. Jaime gave me the full update on the project, the latest shenanigans and said he was finally getting his break. He already had his ticket and to board...
3 Aug 2022 17 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The chips intended for the human mind were the very latest and best efforts of nanotechnology. They had ganglion threads to tie into their sectors and signal features that would allow them to talk between themselves, creating a web. This would...
2 Aug 2022 14 minute read 8 comments Diomedes
CHAPTER ONE Roland House. The rate of change in this new millennium seems to be growing exponentially, moving so quickly in so many lanes that what’s ahead for us is fast becoming a blur. We are speeding out of control into a vast unknown. Sc...
