Colin Michael, Author
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Hero’s Welcome
When I turned eighteen, Carter was gone, and so were most of the job prospects for teenagers. The common sense play was a stint in the military where you could grow up and get a skill. Perhaps it was that the military wasn’t for me (or I wasn’t for the military), but I had no…
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Lori & Lisa
Names come and go in popularity. I had a great grandmother named Amy. She was born in the 1870s. Today I hear the name often. Even Colin was popular a few years back. Fifty years ago, not so much. About 55 to 60 years ago, there was a funny little phenomenon. A pair of girls’…
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November Love
November is a love of mine, I lay upon her lap and rest. She strokes my hair with leaf-bare limbs To let me know I’m heaven blessed. She does not hide her cornfield stubble Nor the patterns in her sunset skies. She brings our hearts and homes together For thankful days and pumpkin pies. Sometimes…