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It Is What It Is

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Stan Fine

I, just like all of you, have spent my life accepting things.  Yes, and without really thinking about it, I accepted a great many things.  When at night I looked into the night sky I accepted the presence of all … Continue reading →

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To be Loved

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Stan Fine

This is a love story.  Well, partly a love story because there are two tales I would like to share with you.  One is about the love a man and a woman had for one another for some forty years.  … Continue reading →

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Senza Fine

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Stan Fine

I believe that I have a frailty common to all of my species.  My mind doesn’t have the capacity to comprehend the term eternal.  Oh, I know the definition of the word, but I can’t seem to rationalize the concept … Continue reading →

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Gossamer

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Stan Fine

Just be yourself.  That was some advice I recently received.  I was invited to speak and read some stories for a group of people.  I had done this before but this time I was uncertain about the group’s expectations. I … Continue reading →

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Where the Earth Touches the Sky

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Stan Fine

A friend of mine once told me that walking would be good for me.  I recall that, at the time, I considered the possibility that she just wanted a companion as she went for one of her daily strolls, but … Continue reading →

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A Memorable Round

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Stan Fine

I planned on spending that quiet August afternoon playing a round of golf all by myself.  I knew the course across the road from my house wouldn’t be crowded as most of the folks would be at work, just dreaming … Continue reading →

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I Wish

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Stan Fine

“I wish;” I can’t begin to count the number of times I have spoken those two words over the span of more than seventy years.  I’m sure I must have offered them as excuses for mistakes I have made when … Continue reading →

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Just Killing Time

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Stan Fine

The premise for this story came to me recently as I waited to see my doctor.  I had an appointment, just a routine yearly examination and nothing more, at a doctor’s office which was a twenty or thirty-minute drive away.  … Continue reading →

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A Matter of Resolve

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Stan Fine

In June of 1933 a 65-year-old man residing 10 miles east of Anderson, Missouri burned his house to the ground then, using a cord, tied two sticks of dynamite around his neck.  The fuse was then lit and the ensuing … Continue reading →

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The Last Time

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Stan Fine

Over the past few years, I have found that life with all its subtleties has gotten in the way of living.  Therefore, and it has been some time coming, I made a decision to savor the experience of living rather … Continue reading →

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