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Stories from My Life, #12: My Uncle Gus, Killed in North Africa in 1943

May 19, 2019 10:58 pm Published by paulmarktag 6 Comments

Every year when Veteran’s Day rolls around, I think of my Uncle Gus Kern, who died in World War II.... View Article

October 24, 2018 8:04 pm Published by paulmarktag 2 Comments

My wife—AKA Becky—went to her high school reunion: rah-rah! to which she invited me, avoiding hints of complicity. (ha ha)... View Article

August 27, 2018 12:06 am Published by paulmarktag 4 Comments

I attended my high school reunion, it happened last week: we’d graduated fifty-five years earlier, an amazing streak. It was... View Article

April 12, 2018 11:56 pm Published by paulmarktag 2 Comments

I’ve made an acquaintance named Jayne—not her real name— who’s seen troubles a plenty, that have set her life aflame.... View Article

March 1, 2018 6:47 pm Published by paulmarktag 1 Comment

At five years, petite and slender, she saw something more; she wondered, searched her brain for not having seen... View Article

February 3, 2018 10:45 pm Published by paulmarktag 2 Comments

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania January 15, 2018 The sight gave Max pause: two men in black clothing plodding toward him in a... View Article

January 6, 2018 10:54 pm Published by paulmarktag 1 Comment

Not Good* This poem might, it might be short, for but one point will it exhort. The past holds much,... View Article

November 9, 2017 3:09 pm Published by paulmarktag 2 Comments

As the midnight intrusion of cockroaches meandered across the kitchen floor, Tammy froze in fear and then screamed in horror... View Article

October 20, 2017 12:29 am Published by paulmarktag Leave your thoughts

Photo courtesy of the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center A couple of weeks ago Becky and I visited Portland, Oregon, to... View Article

October 6, 2017 10:17 pm Published by paulmarktag Leave your thoughts

Until ’79, naming hurricanes as women was SOP, with names such as Camille, Carol, Betsy, and Connie. Hell... View Article

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