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Creative nonfiction, essays, curios, and stories from Laudizen King



(returning visitors should consider a refresh after opening a story)

Thanksgiving, A Lesson Learned - a lesson learned - 11/15

UB40 - The British reggae band performs at the Gallo Center in Modesto, California - 10/15

On the Game of Hockey - How I came to love the game of hockey - 6/14

Moment - Thanksgiving revisited - 11/12

Cracked Crab - Pismo Beach - 10/11

Born to Love Baseball - growing up with Baseball - 2/11

The Road to Paradise 1893-1923 - a family history - 1/11

Visit from Pakistan - access from afar - 1/11

On Martinis and Oysters - a magical pairing - 12/10

Heinrich Harrer - the man behind 'Seven Years in Tibet'

Making a Holiday Cranberry-Horseradish Sauce - 11/10

Little Tokyo Moment - 08/10

Making Red Flannel Hash - a complete guide with photos - 05/10

Brautigan Gift - recalling the works of Richard Brautigan - 02/10

Murder at Midnight - Workman and Cox were murdered, and embers of anger and resentment still burn 40 years on - 12/09

Oscar Wilde on Death - thoughts on the end - 11/09

MCC_Vets - 1972 to 1975 - looking back - 11/09

Maizie - a dog lover's story - 08/09

A Husband Dies - a wife remembers - 03/09

The Bowers Power System - goodspeak comes to the first grade - 12/09

Sylvian Ofiara - remembering Christmas through the eyes of the artist - 12/08

Reunion - the past exacts a final payment - 11/08

Talking to Carla Jean - on pain - 11/08

Foul Ball - a young boy attends his first major league baseball game - 7/08

The Icon Guild of Coeur d'Alene - Two Pages (with images) - old traditions remain alive in Northern Idaho - 7/08

The Queen City - remembering Manchester, New Hampshire 1985-1990 - 6/08

Sphinx - Deborah Jeane Palfrey - 5/08

Bobby Fischer - In Memoriam - remembering the troubled chess genius - 1/08

The Cosmic Bridge of November, 1999  -  with a nod to Thornton Wilder - 10/07