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A HALLOWEEN SHORT STORY ‘THE CALDERA’ BY MARGARET MENDEL

Bev trusted her instincts, always had. She always had. So far she figured that’s what had kept her out of harms way all these years. Her mother however moaned and complained about all the crazy schemes that her daughter had…

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COLD SOUP

BY MARGARET MENDEL SOUP IN THE SUMMER AN ARTICLE IN KINGSRIVERLIFE.COM Mid summer, when heat feels the most unforgiving and cooking is the last thing on my mind, I fall back on cold soups. Soups have always been special to…

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ASIAN FOOD VENDOR

Sompong Seetha scattered a shovelful of hot coals atop the lid of a giant cooking pot to steam the rice. It was 5: A.M. Sompong a food vendor and the proprietor of a food stall in Bangkok had been up…

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PATCHES IS NOW AN E-BOOK

PATCHES, a collection of short stories, is now available as an e-book. Here is a blurb from the back cover: Patches tells the tale of one woman’s life, Wilma, through a series of interwoven short stories. The stories begin in…

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AUTUMN MOON

Summer came and went and I did not publish even one blog post on Pushingtime.com. Autumn flew by and still I had not written a single blog post. This doesn’t mean that I haven’t been writing. Quite the contrary, I…

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BASEBALL AND SUSHI

I invite you to read my latest article appearing in KINGS RIVER LIFE MAGAZINE. Here is the link: Baseball And Sushi

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GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE

A friend and I took an hour and a half road trip into central New Jersey the other day to visit Grounds For Sculpture, a 42 acre sculpture garden located on what used to be the New Jersey Fair Grounds.…

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KLAIPEDA, LITHUANIA

We arrived early morning at Klaipeda, a port in Lithuania. It was a brilliant day with a sky so blue it looked unreal. The soft early light reflected a dazzling display on the rippling water as a slight breeze drifted…

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