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13 May 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The first sign of progress was that they began to ask questions and not just stand mute and wait for explanations as they did at first. Their queries were similar to those of a small child with the word ‘why’ the most frequent. When we framed our...
15 Apr 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
1986 “Jan. 2nd. 1986 9 p.m.: I just came back from my odyssey in Mexico, late last night. We partied with Jim, his girlfriend, Larry (Joel’s brother) at Louie’s’ till 3 a.m. drinking vodkas, laughing, and talking excitedly about our whirlwind pace...
7 Apr 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Olawalium
I've heard of beauty and I've seen quite a lotI am always blown away with lady who carried themselves with so much poiseI've seen and observed quite a lot of beauties with varying formsAll unique in their own ways but nonetheless leaving me breathl...
21 Mar 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Looks like Dave, only better dressed. We took the drive in my Volare to the flatlands of Alameda and pulled into the parking lot of a cheap, long, two-story motel. It was one of those places you could rent rooms by the week at a much lower rate, w...
2 Mar 2023 8 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
I realized that all pretense was vain with this man who freely offered to me what I had let slip to him. I told him, in a halting voice, that I was not what I seemed, that I had come from far away and had little time. He was curious to...
1 Mar 2023 9 minute read 3 comments Diomedes
One morning, as we were breaking camp at the river's edge, there came out of nowhere a young man dressed in furs, wearing a fur cap and carrying a rifle on each shoulder. He asked if he could join us. We gathered round him and asked wh...
24 Feb 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
My life again entered what I would call an idyllic phase over the next year. I would move two times in that period, but each was into a new and stimulating scene. The poker games and table followed me in each of these transitions, so that didn’t c...
11 Dec 2022 3 minute read 2 comments Olawalium
"You're on the search for a new friend this weekend...What qualities do you look for in them and why? Answer in at least 300 words." In a world where loyalty can be bought and traded easily, I am always and consistently on the look out for those w...
3 Nov 2022 4 minute read 0 comments Olawalium
As humans, I know we all have expectations. I doubt there is any human without expectations...at least to some certain degree. We all have expectations and they are in varying degrees depending on who we are, our exposures and mostly backgrounds to...
29 Oct 2022 9 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
From broke in Newark to rich St. Thomas. Saint Thomas and cruise ships, where I had two lucrative jobs waiting, a bit different than the Y.M.C.A. in Newark. Mike insisted I do his next two bars, one came up in ninety eight and the last one a year...
