Tag Archives: Sadness

Commitments

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Stan Fine

Several years have now passed since I made a promise to my wife, Robin.  She knew she had only a few days to live and she was, as was her nature, worried about me.  She asked if I would make … Continue reading →

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When Memories Die

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Stan Fine

I tried to remember the details but for the life of me, I can’t recall when, where or for that matter how it was that I first met Larry.  A span of ten years separated us in age and while … Continue reading →

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The Healing Properties of Spring Rain

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Stan Fine

It’s raining.  I don’t mind the rain and in this, the springtime season of the year, I suppose the frequent wet and cloud covered days are to be expected.  I tell myself that without the moisture the spring flowers wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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The Sympathy Card

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Stan Fine

I was bored to death.  It was the third day of March but it sure seemed like the dead of winter.  The temperature was not expected to exceed the freezing mark of thirty-two degrees and the cloud cover contributed to … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Swim Anymore

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Stan Fine

I don’t often eat at one of the much advertised fast food restaurants but not more than a week or so ago I found myself enticed by one of those better than life commercials.  How could one satisfy their appetite … Continue reading →

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The Pink Sky

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Stan Fine

Life is like a patchwork quilt.  As each event in our life unfolds, as every swath of colored cloth is sewn together, one touching the other, our lives and the quilt begin to take shape. The overall theme and picture … Continue reading →

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What The Wind May Bring

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Stan Fine

I believe that the wind brings with it bits and pieces of once whole things.  It is for us to reassemble these fragments into complete thoughts which fit into our world.  Those works of our mind may reflect past recollections … Continue reading →

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The Proposal

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Stan Fine

The Great War, The Global Conflict, World War II was raging in 1942 and the world was shocked at the destruction and loss of life that appeared to have no end.  Joe, a young man from rural Mississippi answered the … Continue reading →

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