Walter T Bowne

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Walter Bowne is a humorist, a writer is serious fiction, or so he likes to think, and creative nonfiction about his crazy adventures. He may also speak about books, family, history, flowers, and gardening, and his belly button.

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Walter T Bowne

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Sun and Moon 12.07.2023 1:07

A sonnet to my then girlfriend, Mary Jane, in 1994. Married in 1995.

On Innocence 12.07.2023 1:03

A sonnet to my then girlfriend, Mary Jane, in 1994. We were married in 1995. Cheers!

Being Alone with Thoughts of You 12.07.2023 0:56

A short poem for my wife, Mary Jane, during this busy time of her life.

A Poem for My Daughter 12.07.2023 3:34

Happy Every Day, Madeline, Five, Twenty-Five, or Eighty-Five

To Ridley Creek 12.07.2023 1:00

A sonnet for Mary Jane on the rock where I proposed

Second Child, Never Runner Up 12.07.2023 2:35

A poem for my daughter Nancy.

Here Was a Man 12.07.2023 13:23

IN MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER, RICHARD GOLDHAHN

I Wandered Lonely as a Dude with Three Women 07.07.2023 16:13

Walking in Windermere without Wordsworth with three lasses. Cover photo by the author. Lake Windermere, UK. 1990.

Why Independent Reading is So Essential in School 05.07.2023 11:11

Changes need to happen in order not to become post-literate. Are we creating life-long readers? Or life-long haters of reading?

The Uncanny Letter from the Beyond 29.06.2023 15:23

PLAYING THE FIVE CARDS: Communion with the Past is Tongued with Fire from the Present Cover Art: The Northern Chesapeake Bay. ( link )

The Butterscotch Queen and Her Sexual Frankness 28.06.2023 9:48

With enough to remember, I revisit some old memories. Butterscotch image by Joe Dyer from Buckhurst Hill, England. CommonsWikipedia Link

The Rolling Stones Get Religion 28.06.2023 25:14

Rock and roll, after all, has its roots in gospel and the blues. Cover Art: The Rolling Stones in Oslo, Norway. ( Link ). “Let’s Spend the Night Together” translates in Norwegian as “La oss tilbringe natten sammen.”

The Father in Me is Never Off Duty 28.06.2023 8:58

Intervening in the conflict between predator and the innocent

Elevate Hearts and Minds to the Portals of the Soul 21.06.2023 20:05

A Sensual Education: The Father Who Falsely Thought He Had It All Figured Out. Music by Music by Daddy_s_Music from Pixabay. And cover art: Diana by Augustus Saint-Gaudens at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Wikipedia Commons.

How to Grow Clematis Like A Maestro of Flowers 14.06.2023 10:10

The varied blooms resemble water lilies — floating on liquid air.

Train Jumping and Stealing Steins 30.05.2023 26:13

I promised God I wouldn't do any more stupid things if He helped me. Photo by Lanis Rossi. Music by Julius H. from Pixaba y Wegenlied - Brahms' Lullaby - Classical Flute Selections

How to Build a Hosta Garden on the Cheap 30.05.2023 5:51

And other lessons for keeping your garden and lawn fresh and organic

Writing Prompt: Do you believe more in Fate or Freewill? 30.05.2023 3:28

Another Day in Room 605. This was the prompt from my Editor In Chief, Alanna Stein. Music by Daddy_s_Music. Pixabay. Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/daddy_s_music-22836301/?utm_

Silence is a Hole 18.05.2023 4:18

Captive Voice is Not Free. Foolishly filling the hole with three lies.

Ten Minutes of Lockdown 16.05.2023 5:57

Drilling in America: The lesson for class changed once the announcement was made.

The Cerberus Blues to the Rescue 23.12.2022 16:04

Tale the First: A serialised, satirical novel of Americans on a European tour. This is the opening for satirical novel, Overland to the World , a collection of interrelated tales about Americans on a European coach holiday, which has been published in serialised form on Medium. As a pretentious and affected Anglophile, I purposely used the “s” instead of the “z.”

Book Publisher Promotes Edgy YA Titles to Middle School Teachers 26.11.2022 9:27

Dump the boring classics with these engaging modern novels. Reading is Knowledge. Photo link: Young adult literature. Link Dear Directors of Language Arts: I’m writing to inform you of the exciting titles on tap at Boontown Books for 2022! Are your teachers and students tired of the same old language arts curriculum? The Outsiders? To Kill a Mockingbird? Diary of Anne Frank? Big yawn, ri...

No Colors Allowed: A satirical novel of a London lad in serialised form 25.11.2022 15:10

"An hour passed. I remained inside the red Kia Sorento on the sandy drive of The Aunt’s ‘double wide deluxe’ trailer house. In that hour, I reconstructed the collapse of my universe, including our arrival in the States at Philadelphia International. Why no Littleman kin there to greet us? Did they lack propriety? A storm had been brewing, but no rain — only winds and ominous, threatening skies dir...

The Tower in Pisa Finally Tumbles: Hermits and mystics may love time alone, but not this lonely traveler 25.11.2022 9:20

Photo by the author. First published in Age of Awareness: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/the-tower-in-pisa-finally-tumbles-a95a7830ab42?sk=dc521e58aa98ed180ce4c813f34358e1 Parting May Not Be Such Sweet Sorrow We had separated in Pisa, Italy because we were driving each other crazy. Laura had taken the train to London to stay with a “friend.” This was August of 1990. I was twenty-one. Three we...

The Pursuit of Love and Romance: Teaching the guys from Hong Kong how to be romantic. 25.11.2022 13:45

"I was the first to arrive at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. My ramblings were over. From London, BritRail rushed me north with my battered hunter-green backpack with as many books as clothes and dirty underwear. That color had faded in the Mediterranean sun. Had I faded, too, from weeks of traveling? Was I ready to study? I settled into Lovaine Flats (Flat 10. Room 3). My fine custodian, both caretaker and...