A.L. Harper

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"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. " -- Groucho Marx.

Archive for the 'Personal' Category

Songs That Touch My Soul - Six

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

We all have them, songs that seem to touch a secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They can grow and occasionally fester like an open wound, or they can fill you up, inspire you and occasionally even heal you. Sometimes they don’t even reflect your musical tastes. […]

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We all have them, songs that seem to touch a secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They can grow and occasionally fester like an open wound, or they can fill you up, inspire you and occasionally even heal you. Sometimes they don’t even reflect your musical tastes. […]

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Songs That Touch My Soul — Four

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

We all have them — songs that touch a secret place deep in your soul — sometimes secret even from you. They can grow and occasionally fester in you like an open wound, or they can fill you up, inspire you, and occasionally even heal you.
Sometimes they don’t even reflect your musical tastes. […]

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We all have them, songs that seem to speak right to that secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They flow into you, through you, whirling, swirling around until they completely surround a tiny spot deep down inside of you. And then they never leave. They can grow and occasionally fester […]

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A Short Story

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Sometimes I am inspired to write. It can be overwhelming. Like being taken by an uncontrollable beast, and it is an exhilarating feeling. It can even wake me up in the middle of the night. And I know I must write now!
My goal is to write stories that make you to […]

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We all have them, songs that seem to speak right to that secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They flow into you, through you, whirling, swirling around until they completely surround a tiny spot deep down inside of you. And then they never leave. They can grow and occasionally […]

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Recently I was trying to write a VERY short story for a class I am taking. I couldn’t come up with anything. So I typed “Story Ideas” into Google and after sifting through what seemed like hundreds of web pages I found David Freidman’s websitewith some very interesting story ideas. The page said free […]

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What me? I have a blog?! Oh yeah!

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

Good god! I haven’t blogged here for a month (almost). I have been terribly lax. I hope I can be forgiven.

I don’t normally do the cat-blog thing but I am just really in the mood for a belther. And I’m afraid I have no one to listen to me at the moment […]

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An open letter to my lost son

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Dear Son,
I want you to know that I think about you every day. I think about you when I hear a child laugh and wonder what your laugh sounds like. I think about you when I see the kids on their way to school, I wonder how you’re doing in school and what […]

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Dignified? Boring!

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

Dignified. What a strange word that is. According to Dictionary.com it means:
Having or expressing dignity.
Dignity means:

The quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect.
Inherent nobility and worth: the dignity of honest labor.
Poise and self-respect. Stateliness and formality in manner and appearance.
The respect and honor associated with an important position.
A high office or rank.
dignities […]

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