Category Archives: Writing

F: Future Insights

Posted on April 7, 2022 by hdh

F: Future Insights  April 7, 2022 Dear Future Me, I could use a little help here. You don’t have to tell me everything, sometimes it’s best to not know what is going to happen. But you do know what mistakes … Continue reading →

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E: Energy Efficient Clothing

Posted on April 6, 2022 by hdh

Energy Efficient Clothing April 6, 2022 Dear Garment Industry, I’m concerned about the amount of time, energy, and money you spend on designing clothes and where your focus is. Looking at your designs, based on what people are wearing, clearly, … Continue reading →

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D: Deep Snow

Posted on April 5, 2022 by hdh

Deep Snow February 14, 1969 Dear Jeff, I hope you are doing well with all this snowfall. It’s been kind of fun for me. Lucky for me I’m not in the city anymore, at least for the school year. I … Continue reading →

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C: Conflict and Cooperation

Posted on April 4, 2022 by hdh

Conflict and Cooperation  April 4, 2007 Dear Board of Education Negotiating Team, Having been on both a district negotiating team and a Union negotiating team I am very displeased at the process that you have been involved with regarding your … Continue reading →

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B: Blackout

Posted on April 2, 2022 by hdh

Blackout – 1965 October 1, 1965 Dear Jeffrey, I was given your name and address as part of an assignment by Miss Gersch my English teacher. Everyone in our class had to pick a name out of a box and … Continue reading →

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A: Alice

Posted on April 1, 2022 by hdh

Alice July 4, 1862 My dear Alice, It’s fine to enjoy a tea party every so often, and it’s certainly fun to go on adventures, provided that one is adequately supplied to prepare for all conceivable eventualities. That said, however, … Continue reading →

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Never Fool Me, Once is Enough

Posted on March 31, 2022 by hdh

Never Fool Me, Once is Enough  Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I wondered where and when that quote came from? I’ve read: The earliest recording of this proverb in print is from a … Continue reading →

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Follow the Leader

Posted on March 22, 2022 by hdh

Follow the Leader The definition of the word “leader” according to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language is one who is in charge or command of others. In the animal kingdom, the leader would be the foremost animal, … Continue reading →

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Posted on March 17, 2022 by hdh

Somewhere Over the Rainbow Rainbows are such beautiful sights. The colors that arc above you in the sky and their contrast to the rest of the world you see. Did ever try to follow a rainbow and see where it … Continue reading →

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What to do with it all?

Posted on March 12, 2022 by hdh

What to do with it all?  John sat in the basement, looking at all the accumulated things he had gathered in his lifetime. There were the school notebooks that he had used in high school and college containing all the … Continue reading →

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