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A Dream Discarded
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Some folks may relate to this, particularly veterans. Comments welcomed._______________________________________Here’s a little story of a short recurrent dream, ultimately unraveled and long…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ted Czuk Jul 26, 2010.
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"My sincere apologies. It was not Mr. Wayne whom I misquoted, rather Rudyard Kipling, to wit: "An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!"
It was actually over the Sea beyond the Mekong outer which I saw the…"
"WAIT just a freakin' minute here. In The Green Berets, John Wayne was pointing out the sunSET over the South China Sea.
You mean that wasn't real?
OMG!
Say it ain't so, Joe.
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"Hi Edythe~
Many thanks for your encouraging comments on the essay. I have returned to your reply numerous times, but not for the positive feedback. Occasionally the articulation of a simple, obvious truth has illuminated my life like dawn over the…"
"This is a powerful and evocative essay about a dream and its impact. Your story ties together past and present, fear and hope, yesterday and today, reality and the shadow world. This needs to be published. Thank you for sharing your experience."
A Dream Discarded
Some folks may relate to this, particularly veterans. Comments welcomed._______________________________________Here’s a little story of a short recurrent dream, ultimately unraveled and long gone. Initially, a random composite of fears and experiences congealed, adhering to the periphery of my mind. It sojourned there a long while, hiding mostly,metamorphosing between appearances, to emerge only while I slept. It was adream, only a dream, and it appeared several times a week for years.…See More
"Eu nu ch(uck). Didn't eu?"
"I love John Wayne quotes, especially this one:
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them."
John Bernard Books
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"Hi Chuck~ Thanks for the welcome and the intro to Write Now. I intend to comment on some of those photos, although others need no more that a title. I'm glad to be here among such illustrious personages as yourself, and hope to add something…"
"Welcome to WriteNow! Andy. It's good to have you here and and to see your photos. They deserve some narrative. Why not write about them? Please tell your friends about us and tell them that we would value their membership.
Chuck"
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- At 4:11pm on March 12, 2010,
Chuck Stromme said…
I love John Wayne quotes, especially this one:
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them."
John Bernard Books
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- At 8:25am on March 12, 2010,
- Welcome to WriteNow! Andy. It's good to have you here and and to see your photos. They deserve some narrative. Why not write about them? Please tell your friends about us and tell them that we would value their membership.
Chuck
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