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Love

Posted on 3 August 2015 by M.

Love is a strange and wondrous thing, isn’t it? It’s like a chemical reaction between two people. That’s why we call it “chemistry” – that spark or chain reaction we can feel with another person, when we sense something about … Continue reading →

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Flowers on a Headstone

Posted on 25 May 2015 by M.

Today is that holiday which used to be called Decoration Day, because people would decorate the graves of the war dead. It was first observed in 1868, as a way of honoring the hundreds of thousands of men who died … Continue reading →

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What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Posted on 19 May 2015 by M.

“War … it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.” — Joseph Heller, “Catch-22” *** I’ve written elsewhere that I lost my innocence during the war in Viet Nam. Besides being a well-worn cliché, it’s … Continue reading →

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Whose Day is It?

Posted on 10 May 2015 by M.

I wonder if, when a guy has genetic testing done, whether for scientific, legal, or genealogical reasons, does he have only the Y Chromosome test done? That was the case in 2007, when a first cousin in my birth (biological) … Continue reading →

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A Short Visit to 1968

Posted on 8 May 2015 by M.

The first thing I saw was a helicopter. It was a medevac, or had been, 45 years ago in Viet Nam. I knew, because it had a red cross on a square, white background, which was used to mark medical … Continue reading →

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You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

Posted on 22 April 2015 by M.

It was 1957. I was ten years old, and had been hustled off to a Baptist military school in San Marcos, Texas. In retrospect, I was fortunate: fortunate not to be sixteen years old, African-American, and trying to enter Central … Continue reading →

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Fallen Angels of Death – Part Two

Posted on 21 April 2015 by M.

May, 1970 The Company commander had dropped his map out of a helicopter while he was on a recon flight. My Platoon was sent to look for it. There were twenty-three of us and we were well spread out, as … Continue reading →

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BPD in the GOP

Posted on 15 April 2015 by M.

Given that we are seeing the first declarations of candidacy from politicians who would like to secure the Republican nomination for president in 2016, I think it’s an appropriate time to examine the scourge of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in … Continue reading →

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Of Easter Eggs and Wedding Cakes

Posted on 4 April 2015 by M.

The Governor of Indiana saw the light. Sort of. What he really saw was a tsunami of outrage that threatened to swamp his Ship of State. Even Republican business people were angry with him for signing into law a bill … Continue reading →

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Hello World!

Posted on 9 January 2014 by M.

Welcome to my blog site. It’s a new year and I look forward to the conversations that lie ahead. Cheers! Michael Patrick Eltrich

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