(As The Pear Tree Project bids adieu and reflects on the year that was, we also want to gaze at what lies ahead for 2025) … RECAP OF GOOD Ol’ TWENTY-FOUR: Numero Diez: While watching the XXXIII games of the Olympiad – (July, 2024), K. Ho Creamy Boom offers to become a guest blogger for […]
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Ghost of Christmas Past Professor Hinkle Said ~ Before there were interminable to-do lists, slack-jawed ingrates who share your office space, wrath-inducing traffic jams, and the daily derision of the peace on earth concept; there was the Planet of the Apes fortress (suitable for ages 8 & up). I recollect being 11 when my “Pop-Pop”,
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This morning, like many other mornings, I take the long walk from the parking lot to my place of work. The air is crisp and my stride purposeful – get out of the cold! This march is well thought out, if I cross the street before the first intersection I can avoid the heavy smell
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Grantland Rice Said ~ “Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army football
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“Buying the whole bar a drink and breaking up a fight He’s one disco-dancing fool I’m talking about cool-Doug at night” November 9, 2024, 2:11 pm (EST): Grilled cheese sizzling on the stovetop; extra gooey and slightly charred. I’ve been preparing this for her since she was five. Perfect pregame snack – just dip in
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She Said ~ The electricity, excitement and tension in the air is palpable. The colorful crisp Fall leaves disintegrate beneath our determined steps. Giggles, laughter and merriment is carried in the breeze from house to house and neighborhood to neighborhood. Surprises of the bewildering, funny, scary and unexpected variety greet us at every turn. Thriller,
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“Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” We lost a family member this past week. Luca passed away 10.2.24, at approximately 6:30 am (EST). This remarkable Papi-Poo’s smile, zaniness, and infectious – (yes contagious) – stubbornness filled every room he entered. Luca was always
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And the poets down here Don’t write nothing at all They just stand back and let it all be And in the quick of the night they reach for their momentAnd try to make an honest stand … First time I read those lyrics I was 14. The line made me realize navigating through life
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He Said ~ Another punch to the heart. Melodramatic perhaps, or conceivably, just honest. Another move-in day, decorating the college dorm, stocking up on sufficient supplies, discussing the semester ahead, and beyond. So begins Junior year; this is a momentous one. Spring semester will be a trip abroad, to the pulchritudinous region of Tuscany. Italy
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She Said: There are ties that do not restrain or cut off the circulation to a beating heart. Rather, they grow stronger, stretch and bend to accommodate growth. These ties unfurl across continents, circumstances, and time to defy the logic of the mind, not the yearning of the heart. At times, the groans of protestation decry
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