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9 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist
Easter comes with a joyous light, A celebration of hope that shines so bright, For on this day, we remember well, The triumph of love over death and hell. The story of Easter is one of love, A sacrifice made from up above, For on the cross, our sin...
9 Apr 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The waterfront was only a few blocks away, and away from the course of the fire. Many of the people in the streets were now running in that direction. Jonathan's group just followed the torrent of bodies. When they reached the quays t...
9 Apr 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
My Dorm mates at Berkeley, Ron Dasch in front, now sadly, deceased. I said 'K' was business-like and unsocial with me but she was social one fateful night, the night before I was to leave on my trip to Mexico. She’d shown up with Lindsey that afte...
9 Apr 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
It was now approaching midnight. The city was asleep and it was time to act. The men lit their torches and everyone crowded to the very back of the room while Jonathan set his charge. He wedged it under the door, lit it, and ran as fa...
9 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr
For most my life, I had a different vision of what happiness must look like. To be honest, we didn't even believe in happiness and desire and raised to be humble, desire none and respectful to what life throw at us. I could live like that and it wou...
9 Apr 2023 1 minute read 1 comment The Virtual Idealist
Truth is a light that shines so bright, A beacon of hope in the darkest night, A guiding force that leads the way, And sheds a light on what we may. It may be hard to face at times, But truth is what frees us from life's binds, It clears the fog, i...
8 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist
On the night before Jesus rose from the grave, The world was still, with a hushed wave, Of silence, as if waiting for the dawn, To bring a new hope, a new life reborn. The disciples, anxious and afraid, Gathered together, in a somber shade, Of grie...
8 Apr 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Before I describe this life changing trip, I should paint two precursors to it, that made the thing happen. The first is a glimpse of my time in the hills, colorful but in part miserable, prompting me to take this getaway Louie and Robin offered,...
8 Apr 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
There were about thirty men standing around him now, who had collected like moths to his torchlight. He turned to them and asked if anyone had made plans of breaking out. "We have been chosen," one older man said pleadingly. ...
8 Apr 2023 1 minute read 2 comments The Virtual Idealist
In the stillness of a starry night, As the moon glows with a silvery light, The world is hushed in peaceful calm, As if wrapped in a tranquil balm. The stars twinkle, a sparkling dance, Their beauty too great to leave to chance, The moon hangs low,...
