Burning passion

The band playing ends its set, and I turn off my camera. The guitar player comes up to me, his body inches from mine, and smiles. "Hey, can I see those pictures? We have to[…]

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Convention antics

My father works for a large Fortune 500 company, and they hold a week-long convention every year. The entire trip is paid for by the company, so my father enthusiastically attends. Our family tags along,[…]

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In the library

In the Library? (An absolutely true story) In 1964, I was 17 and a freshman at Illinois Institute of Technology. I was not doing particularly well in my studies even though I had graduated top[…]

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