Benjamin

1. Night is a silent partner Benjamin’s mother died well before midnight. All the fuss with the doctors, the confirmation, the papers, the transport of the body lasted only a couple of hours. When everybody[…]

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Mistress in red

`“So, tell me, what was it you wanted?” “Oh, you know,” said the slave, half-smiling. The Mistress smiled sweetly in reply. “Oh, no, that just won't cut it.” His snarky smile grew wider. /> Without[…]

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My first time

Some of the detail in this story is fiction, but it is strongly based on my first experience of and the consequences. I think of it as "enhanced truth", for as the Irish say "a[…]

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Eagle's feathers

Barbara Walters once visited a large Indian reservation to do a story. While she walked around talking to the inhabitants she spotted a young Brave with a single eagle feather sticking up in his headband.[…]

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