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The warm, misty rain was doing that thing where it just hangs in the air and slows your pace. Elias was standing under the awning of a hot dog window waiting for a break in the weather, when the guy walked up. The guy looked like he lost a fight with rooster in a washing machine. Hole pocked clothes wet-through, and eyes that looked like over caffeinated adrenal exhaustion. He was holding a briefc...

This story was not a stream of consciousness thing like most of easytopia ! really. I got the idea from a podcast I was listening to where a guy and his sisters don’t know where their Dad’s ashes are. RIP to that guy and God bless his kids. ---- Beth, the oldest, and Bri, the youngest, traveled some distance for their dad’s funeral and memorial service. They stayed with their brother Ben, and the...

This was the first Wednesday Evening version of The Arc of The Bard . The Arc of The Bard happens Wednesday and Sunday. KaylaVerse recently released Telensia, City of AI . We spoke about the origin of stories, supporting creative development during youth, and maintaining family and community in times of challenge. She is gracious enough to let us hear her music during this conversation! The first...

Support by getting this little book The Meadow, the Hill, and the Sea There was a meadow, which one day would become the site for a house and its family, but the concern now is the meadow. One side of the meadow had a healthy stream running by. It bordered a great forest. There was a hill on another side; it protected the meadow from the Sea on the other side of it. The Boisterous Triumvirate The...

For easytopia ! Subscribers on apps outside of Substack, please enjoy this episode of The Arc of The Bard . There are 7 more right behind it. You should subscribe. I have great discussions with other writers about the things that writers talk about. I try to determine their strengths, and then learn from them. Stories and excerpts are also read. It’s a good time. Some corresponding links: SPOTIFY...

Objective Vantage Astronomical Laboratory Systems: Origin Planet Report #132 (Pilots are anthropomorphized to benefit listeners and readers) Four OVALS, Hao, Madrigal, Corcoran and Initiate Peters, hover in low Earth orbit. Peters is participating for the first time in an observation of consequential Earth activity. Therefore, for the first time, he is feeling the angst of helplessness in a situat...

* Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for discounted tech items | Refurbished, open box, etc. * The Arc of The Bard podcast It’s more quiet this morning than usual. It’s the time of year when the windows begin stay open overnight. Usually, at sunrise, there are birds making a lot more music than today. The bats are leaving the evening domain, and retiring to...

A. They are going to do that, because that’s what they do. Q. But do they have to do that, can they change? A. They do the things they do because that is who they are. People are not other people than who they are, they are who they are, they are not somebody else. Q. Can you tell them, and then they can do something else? A. People do the things they do, they do not do the things they don’t do. Q...

Here’s Part 1 Terrence Foch leaves the gorgeous little American town. The situation at the campsite was too bad, but it afforded him the opportunity to enjoy a beautiful place with nice people for a day. He’s taking the advice of the deputy, and he’ll take the alternate route to his new location. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for discounted tech item...

Terrence Foch decided at the last minute to take a bike trip. He had been scheduled to start a new job, but his assignment was delayed for a week and a half. “I’ll send my essentials ahead, and ride my bike.” He told everyone. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for discounted tech items | Refurbished, open box, etc. * The Arc of The Bard It wasn’t his fir...

“This is nice wine.” Jerry said to Judy, as they checked out the samples at a local winery. “It’s not like that other one, out by the river bend.” Judy said. “They set up wine for the locals when they have not the best batches, just to get rid of it.” * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for discounted tech items . Refurbished, open box, etc. * Check out Th...

It started a few days ago, on the return trip from a weekend out of town, in the countryside. Jake and his girlfriend Renee like to get away to the lake. It’s really fun. They have lovely friends out there, and they go whenever they can. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less Use this link for discounted tech items . Refurbished, open box, etc. * Check out The Arc of The Bar...

It’s very sunny today. There is a lot happening outdoors. People are doing all sorts of things since Winter is ending, and it’s the first stretch of warm days in a while. Everyone is talking about how it’s an early Spring. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Check out The Arc of The Bard Fiction Writers interview podcast It happens every year. People get out there, and...

There are fourteen panes of glass on Milo’s truck. That’s a lot, actually, because they are large. He has spent a long time putting this order together. It was a very specific order. Milo had to hunt down half of these pieces and then custom cut them to size. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for discounted tech items . Refurbished, open box, etc. * Chec...

Jerry and Karen weren’t finding the presentation pleasant. Jerry felt it was slow and disorganized. He’s done dozens of these types of things, and it looked cheap to him, and far too loose. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for discounted tech items . Refurbished, open box, etc. * Check out The Arc of The Bard Fiction Writers interview podcast * Read and...

Molly is sitting in her garden. She’s looking at the devastation after some wild pig got in there and rooted everything out. It’s like a state of shock. She worked so hard. Surveying the chaos, sitting cross-legged. Leaning forward. Nearly rocking back and forth. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Check out The Arc of The Bard Fiction Writers interview podcast Things w...

Greg was enjoying his Senior year English class. His teacher, Mrs. Smith, assigned great books to read. She seemed to genuinely see the kids and speak with them with respect. She assigned writing assignments that were pretty interesting, and mostly fun. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for discounted tech items . Refurbished, open box, etc. * Check out...

“I have been thinking all morning, and my fingers won’t move. All the thoughts in the universe are flowing through my mind simultaneously, but I can’t get half a word on paper.” Robert tells his literary agent. “You’re using paper?” His agent responds. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Check out The Arc of The Bard Fiction Writers interview podcast There is silence. R...

“Where is the host?” Beatrice asked as she was checking out the set-up on the stage. The guest speakers for the podcasting conference were beginning to find their way into the convention area. It was all types of people, and the chattering would be expected. Bea, and her friend Alice took the liberty of going onto the stage, to check things out. They felt privileged due to being presenters. * Get...

It’s so dark up there, what is that? Space. What are those lights? Stars. How did they get there? How we got here. How? From there. Where? The stars. When? At the same time. Can we go there? We are there. Where? Space. 43 Words. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for discounted tech items . Refurbished, open box, etc. * Check out The Arc of The Bard Ficti...

On Friday evening, Miles was watching the highway traffic from his apartment window. 20 minutes ago he was coming along that same stretch to the exit adjacent to his neighborhood. He cracks open a sparkling water and watches as he changes his clothes. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Check out The Arc of The Bard Fiction Writers interview podcast He had a long day at...

The senators have concluded their briefing from the Intelligence personnel regarding the status of disclosure. They have the look on their faces. That helpless, confused look, like a pet disallowed from a dinner table. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for discounted tech items . Refurbished, open box, etc. * Check out The Arc of The Bard Fiction Writers...

The new technology was amazing. It was so innovative and interesting. People were more connected than ever. Families could stay in touch and keep track of their kids. Friends could maintain contact, though far-flung. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for discounted tech items . Refurbished, open box, etc. * This is the best landing page system you’ll fin...

“He just went and decapitated them?” * $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for discounted tech items : Refurbished, open box, discontinued. * Check out The Arc of The Bard Writers Interview podcast It was all the news around there for days. No reason, no warning. It wasn’t for revenge, it wasn’t for self-defense. It was just because. It made no sense at all. The fa...

For now, Jimmy is hanging at the job site, waiting for everyone, sitting on a few concrete blocks, eating an egg sandwich and drinking a coffee. He’s been sleeping in his car that he keeps there. He leaves the site in the evening, like everyone else, goes to the store and gets some dinner food. Then he goes to the park to eat. Around sundown, he heads back to the job site and parks behind the proj...