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18-Jan-24

Nope

by Sean Murphy
No, no it didn’t. ⋞Something Happened Here: Roswell prepares for Pentagon’s UFO report⋟ On the eve of the release of the Pentagon’s highly anticipated report on unidentified aerial phenomena, life here in one of the world’s UFO hotspots was exceedingly normal. Downtown’s alien souvenir shops and the International UFO Museum welcomed a steady stream of...CONTINUE READING
Category:Aliens, History, Roswell
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Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash
21-Feb-21

Revenge is Sweet

by Sean Murphy
[Just a startling dream i had, profanity included. None of this happened or is real. Just to be clear.] We went to another school as a group, supposedly for professional development. We observed some teachers in their classrooms. I brought a label maker and showed some way to make fancy, gold-leaf labels using some expensive...CONTINUE READING
Category:Dreams
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Photo by Mike Labrum on Unsplash
14-Nov-01

A Eulogy for Brooksie Belle Ketchum Booth, My Grandmother

by Life is a Highway
[I wrote the following passages in two separate sections over two separate days.] Part I – 2:00 a.m. San Francisco Time, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001The call I was dreading came just ten minutes ago – an unhappy, middle-of-the-night call — word from my exhausted and grief-stricken mother that her mother’s long battle was over and...CONTINUE READING
Category:Eulogies, Grandparents, Grief, Uncategorized
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Wreckage of American Wildcat fighterson Wake Island after Dec. 1941 invasion.
13-Aug-89

The Wake Island Story, Part I

by Sean Murphy
Memory Of WWII Still Vivid for Vets (Part I of the Wake Island Story) “Considering the power accumulated for the invastion of Wake Island and the meager forces of the defenders, it was one of the most humiliating defeats the Japanese Navy ever suffered.” —Masatake Okumiya, commander, Japanese Imperial Navy By Steve PollockThe Duncan (OK)...CONTINUE READING
Category:History, Wake Island, World War II
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Photo by Matias Luge on Unsplash
13-Aug-89

The Wake Island Story Part II

by Sean Murphy
Wives Cope With Husband’s Memories (Part 2 of the Wake Island Story) By Steve PollockThe Duncan (OK) Banner)Sunday, August 13, 1989 MARLOW — It all came back to them this weekend — fists lashing out during nightmares, the traumatic memories, the attempts to catch up on lost time. The wives of 10 Wake Island survivors...CONTINUE READING
Category:History, Wake Island, World War II
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Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash
15-Jan-78

Tomorrow Today Yesterday

by Sean Murphy
Dreams, trials, memories Hopes, fears, memoriesDesires, defeats, memoriesIsn’t yesterday anything but memories?No, tomorrow is always a memory     a scent a taste a touch Why then is tomorrow nothing but dreams?Why then is today always realizations? God only knows, only He knows among everyone Futile dreams, frustrating realities, bitter memories. Is that ALL? —Undated; probably 1978
Category:Dreams, High School
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