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Smoke

The bite of cigarette smoke gently wafts past threatening to close my throat, just before a gentle rain starts to fall. Smell of life rising from the grey sky as I sweep the dust out of my workshop. A dog … Continue reading

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December 7th

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy …” Franklin D. Roosevelt, December 8, 1941 in a speech to congress asking for a declaration of war. This day was a defining day in the lives of my parents.  … Continue reading

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