written and sent March 30, 2007 Dear Mr. Vonnegut, I will not take much of your time, as we understand there is not much time left to be taken. I want to thank you for being a voice to me since I first encountered your works a few years ago. You see, I discovered a…
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The Reluctant Sailor, Chapter I: Soft Mad Children
written August 11, 2004 Chapter I: Soft Mad Children September 11, 2001- April 23, 2002 The anti-beginning was on a Tuesday, but of course nothing has been the same since then. An English Lit. class was begining soon, at 9:30, and I was on Western Illinois Universoty’s campus more than an hour early. …
“Crazy in My Happiness”
written June 2010 In my Navy days my home was the size of a pine box. I know what you’re thinking; I’m slyly comparing my past shipboard sleeping arrangements to the grave. But in this case I was envious of the dead- at least they did not have to endure other sailors’ toxic socks and…