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Of Images and Angels 4

Posted on April 10, 2013 by ehurst

Where could they go? One of the few night trains slowed, and then stopped just a few minutes after they climbed the platform. The cars were nearly empty. Yet because of the bicycle, they took jump seats on the foyer … Continue reading →

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Of Images and Angels 2

Posted on April 8, 2013 by ehurst

It was her again. The first time Preston ran across her was in Katwijk. He had been trying to capture the ancient cathedral near the beach with some sails in the background. At one point he was lying on the … Continue reading →

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Of Images and Angels 1

Posted on April 7, 2013 by ehurst

(New fiction series!) No Pulitzers here, but maybe something that would keep him from going hungry. Preston was reviewing the images from the last three days of whizzing around The Hague. He did his best to avoid the touristy stuff … Continue reading →

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Holy Places?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by ehurst

I tried not to waste the time I had living in Europe at taxpayers’ expense. I was constantly exploring the countryside, looking for anything unusual or unexpected. Did you know there’s a spot in eastern Belgium where you can wade … Continue reading →

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Light Switch, Part 1 (Updated)

Posted on January 24, 2012 by ehurst

(NOTE: I had mistakenly posted the rough draft of this part previously. Fixed now.) The breeze was light, sun warm. Very nice day for this far north. Thomas leaned back against the post at the corner of the cabin, closed … Continue reading →

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Climatic Recompense

Posted on September 26, 2011 by ehurst

We spent the entire summer in drought, with temperatures above 100° F (38C) more than 50 days (our previous record). It was rough, but not dramatic. Rare is the summer we don’t see such temperatures at least some days, so … Continue reading →

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What's Shaking? (Updated)

Posted on August 28, 2011 by ehurst

People who road out Irene are saying warnings were overblown, as if government and MSM were trying to hide something. My family arrived in Anchorage, Alaska, just months after the huge earthquake in 1964. It never forgot what I saw. … Continue reading →

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More on the Norway Terror and Jumping to Conclusions

Posted on July 24, 2011 by ehurst

Nothing is ever as simple as we would like it to be. As I write this, I am aware that Breivik’s manifesto has been made available. It’s longer by far than that of the Unabomber, and I won’t pretend to … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Opinionated Rant

Posted on June 29, 2011 by ehurst

In which I pontificate impotently about all manner of things I hardly understand… The coup d’etat was when the globalist bankers subverted all the governments of the Western world. The same coup is still at work in the rest of … Continue reading →

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Our Pimp Has a New Bottom Lady

Posted on August 11, 2010 by ehurst

If you are old enough, you might recognize the slang in the title. If the language seems crude, it is at least more accurate than is typically offered us. For some decades now, the US has been Israel’s bitch. It’s … Continue reading →

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