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In Doldrums
“I swear to god these are Virginia bluebells, Carter,” Fiona said to her friend as she wiped cigarette smoke from her tear ducts. Taking another drag, she kicked one of the drooping blue flowers gently so it flopped the other way. The first signs of spring in Ohio were always the prettiest.Fiona winced as the morning sun hit her directly in the face. In hindsight, she probably should have dressed better for the occasion. Dressed in worn light blue jeans, black Chuck Taylors, and a black button-down shirt, she faced at least a three-mile hike up to their destination. Between the two of them, th...
10,000 Letters
Getting a good view of the night sky wasn’t easy for Kenny. He had only one window, and if he was in his bed, the only thing he could see was the drab, gray bricks of the building across the way. Undeterred, every night, he would pull his mattress to the ground and place it in the only spot that afforded him a glimpse of the stars. There wasn’t much for Kenny to be happy about, but his nightly trip to his makeshift observatory always lifted his spirits. Kenny’s routine had become so automatic he was sure he could actually see through the bars in the window as if they weren’t even there.Kenny’s...
OREGON ON THE BAY
That's the thing about this city, it was once part of the Great Black Swamp, and very hard for the settlers to pass through on their way to Michigan. The Indian tribes set up camps in a circle around the swamp, not daring to go in it. It was thick with black (muck) clay and some places four foot deep waters, and a breeding ground for mosquitos, carrying Malaria. Dense with a variety of tree species, it was also a desirable spot to settle in. In 1838, Pierre M Erving, nephew to Washington Erving, the famous author, named it from one of his uncles books, Asteria. About the fur trading business, ...
Authority Problems
There was an authority problem in Clarke County and Sheriff Slater was the problem. He was elected sheriff only because of his father, Phillip Slater, a businessman extraordinaire. They had many connections with other big businesses and high-ranking political officials around the state. The dilemma with Sheriff Richard Slater was that he was a racist bastard. The only person he looked out for was himself and not the people hewww.onedoor.cc was serving. The injustices of the sheriff were not apparent to the average citizen when he started his first term in office. Then as he became more familiar with the te...