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The Universe: Naked No More

"In the old days (before there were clocks and calendars and such), the universe was thought of as a person. Here is a fable, culled successfully from the few records of that time ..." New Vignette by Fred Leeds. In Writing. Posted March 13, 2010

This is Why They Call It Sacred
"Again this morning a solitary figure, carrying axe and bucket, vanished into the very path he travels ..." New vignette by Fred Leeds. In Writing. Posted February 26, 2010

The Beatles: Impressions of a Still-Loyal Fan
"The key to the Beatles' success lay in the combined artistry of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, a rare harmony of unique traits. McCartney's conventional musical genius and Lennon's searching originality made for a truly one-of a-kind sound ..." Original essay by Fred Leeds. Posted February 14, 2010

A House Come Alive
Let's compare the human community to a house, a sort of building. Within this building there dwells a spirit - no, not a ghost, but a real and living being ... vignette by Fred Leeds. In Writing. Posted January 28, 2010

A Room Called Wonder
Inside my mind there is a room called Wonder, which holds everything cast off by the mind's more exact science. Beauty can usually be found there ... New vignette by Fred Leeds, in Writing. Posted January 15, 2010

"Get": What's In a Word?
English word usage: "get" is such a mongrel word, yet we're totally accustomed to it and recognize the meaning by context and nuance. Pressed for a definition, we immediately think "obtain, procure, acquire", but there are over a hundred more very common usages: possess, receive, fetch, to hear clearly or grasp, capture or seize, receive a punishment or sentence ... oh, all right: I'm already sneaking looks at the dictionary! Article in Writing. Posted January 02, 2010

A Shoelace Called Awareness
There was nothing I liked better as a boy than the arrival of new shoelaces. They came attached to whole shoes, of course, but I liked the laces even better than the shoes ... -- new vignette by Fred Leeds Posted January 01, 2010

The Time of Your Life - William Saroyan

I've created a PDF containing the text to the prologue to the 1939 play by William Saroyan. in WRITING.

Reflections For A Rainy Day
Reflections: The analogy stops there. A nation is also like a family taking in 250,000,000 boarders – strangers! Will we work up the gumption to get to know the others who live here too, or shall we pretend we’re the only ones here? (more) Posted October 15, 2009

Behind The Walls of Self and Other
Fiction. Exploring autumn leaves of the mind. Vignette by Fred Leeds. Posted October 11, 2009

You'll quickly discover these famous "Bears" seem to be stuffed animals. How, you may ask, might these stories populate an adult newsletter? You'll need only to read one or two, to answer this question for yourself. You should check out C. Bear's World to find out whether being a stuffed bear is really all a bed of roses.

These stories are written just for fun. Comments range from "just darling!", through "Oh, I just haven't had time" to, even, "but so many pages!" If in fact you do like to read, but don't have time to read stories on the web (your ISP's unreliable, and dinner's ready, and you have to be at work early tomorrow), feel free to download the stories (see Copyright for permissions).

We do hope you'll find you don't have to be any particular age, even in Bear years, to enjoy a sense of wonder and delight in the world we live in. Stories by Alex Forbes.

From "Lunch at Ten Fu" to "Sheep Are Many", here are different perspectives for daily occasions. You may never feel the same again about overheard conversations, or about being culled out of the flock! "Frog Lake" offers a fresh perspective on actually hearing what our environment tells us. "Aphorisms" subjects you to a few wise sayings, and many most cynical! As for "Steam Locomotive": we recently heard the distinct sounds, far away, of an old engine which visited our town. We remembered. Do you? Stories and articles by Alex Forbes.

All characters appearing in work labeled as fiction are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

• Frog Lake
• Sheep Are Many
• Lunch At Ten Fu
• Steam Locomotive
• The Small Thread
• The Friends of Manny
• The Pressed Rose

Most of the stories in this section were originally published in La Parola, the newsletter of the Gay Italian American Club (you don't even have to be Italian). If you enjoyed other selections found here in Stories & Fiction, chances are you'll enjoy the following too:

• Stalking The Elusive Talking Crow
• Black Elk Speaks
• Unabomber

Not everyone likes every kind of poem, but perhaps you'll find one in here that's just for you. What do poems mean? If you cherish one or more of them for your own personal "collection", it's not the author's life you've captured; you've discovered a perspective of your very own. Poems by Alex Forbes.

• Season's Greetings
• Pond
• Coppertone
• Dumb Cane Trilogy
• Wild Plum!
• For Norm

• Stardust, "Where Do Rock Come From?" Astronomy
• "Home Improvement " Television
• Dearest Mum Alzheimer's
• Letter To A Friend The Klemperer Diaries
• Thompson's Meadow Alex's Theory of Piano Entropy
• Christmas Spirit The Old Christmas Tree Routine
• Shot Group Rambles Rambles on Target Shooting
• The Meta-Process: Getting Stuff Done (also hosted by LDResources)
• Review, Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald
• Liberace: An American Boy Review of biography by Darden A. Pyron
• Writing Notes
• Writing Style and Clarity
• Writing Persuasively

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