No, I haven't Arthur, nor have I anthologized and published my archive of over 500 stories and probably as many poems. I really only published one book, A Familiar Rain, now being revised and unavailable

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That first one is a form of wry (raw?) humour :) It reminds me of a dream I had last night. I was back teaching and needed photocopies so I left the classroom and got distracted and forgot to go back.

Thank you, Arthur - I think you liked the Horace poem - I thought a lyrical flourish at the end would provide a fitting closure - Mind you, I began with Pericles, so Maybe Horace provided the bow on the

Thanks, Arthur - I'm a little partial to this tale so I'm biased I suppose. It's always difficult reading characters' motives - she has a very good reason for being stand-offish. Got to admit, I'm crushing

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Exactly...a wind-down after the summer :) Thanks, Billy

I think certain religions such as Mormonism posit the idea of living an afterlife on other planets but your philosophy is certainly unique. Buddhism teaches that a soul can advance to the point where it

I think there's a lot of wisdom in your outlook on money. I also agree with your final statement about neither extreme being good for us. A simple life frees us to enjoy the really important things but

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That's intriguing, Arthur, in more ways than one. (I'll explain at the end - it's a case of synchronicity as Jung would say) A colleague of mine confessed to me once that she was an 'old soul'. I immediately

Life's often a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't - aphorisms contain the wisdom of after-thoughts and torment us with what we should have or could have done. As for Old Hiram, oftentimes things

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Re: the last meme - I'd give that firm the benefit of the doubt and not automatically shun their wares (Mind you, if you can't bleach, dry or iron it, should you even wear it?) As for the President being

Oh, I didn't mean you, Arthur - I figured you were in my camp siding against the 'unromantic' psychiatrists...but you're right - I do let my subconscious have free rein. I was just discussing this the

I'm pleased that you react that way - It's a style I cultivated at seventeen when writing poetry - the narrator's voice and directly involving the reader - Mind you, I departed from it in my first published

Yes, it raises the whole question of why some have children to begin with and why it's so important to them. Personally, I think children are their own souls and if they return to spend time with you after