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Feb 11, 2025
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Memoirs from The Wordsmith🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸™
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More About Me — Phillip Steven (“Alex”) AlexanderInstallment 2 — One person, three personas
Nov 16, 2022
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Nov 16, 2022
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About Me — Phillip Steven AlexanderInstallment 1 — Well-spoken — for a tongue-tied newborn
Oct 28, 2022
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Oct 28, 2022
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Found In My Journal
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Where the Hell Is Ordway, Anyway?It seemed so big…when I was small
Aug 6, 2022
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Aug 6, 2022
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Ellemeno
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The Great Train AdventureA marvelous ride to nowhere and back
Apr 17, 2024
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Apr 17, 2024
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Ellemeno
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Thatcher, Colorado; A Four-Year-Old’s Trek from Sublime Joy to MiseryMy first and only happy memory of my father
Aug 15, 2024
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Aug 15, 2024
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Five Years Old and Gay in Rural, Western KansasThe remarkable story of Kevin and the doghouse.
Sep 6, 2020
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Sep 6, 2020
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Storm Shelter? Heck NoIt’s got cobwebs, and I just know there are spiders and snakes down there — rattlesnakes and all
Apr 3, 2022
Apr 3, 2022
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The Realization That Caused A Boy, Me, To Reject ReligionNot only God’s word but also God himself changes with the changing times
Feb 4, 2022
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Feb 4, 2022
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A Song to Cry By24 notes, 23 words that tap every man’s soul to the depths
Apr 6, 2022
Apr 6, 2022
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My First PurchaseA 1966 university freshman makes a memorable first purchase, a fully-equipped analog stero system.
Sep 25, 2021
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Sep 25, 2021
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Ellemeno
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Books That Changed My LifeOne, ironically, not in the expected direction
Aug 26, 2024
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Aug 26, 2024
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Ellemeno
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First Firsts in One Man’s LifeMilestones in the early life of one man
Sep 15, 2024
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Sep 15, 2024
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If the Auto Chase Wasn’t Exciting Enough, the Revolver WasSan Juan, 1973, a car chase, a six-shooter, and the admiral (Part 1/2)
Feb 4, 2022
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Feb 4, 2022
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Outed by The AdmiralSan Juan, 1973, a car chase, a six-shooter, and the admiral (Part 2/2)
Feb 5, 2022
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Feb 5, 2022
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Memories of Our FathersThese Are Two Potent Memories of Our Fathers, Good and Bad, Present and Absent, That We Carry with Us Day by Day.
Nov 29, 2020
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Nov 29, 2020
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Was His Love Worth My Life?With my first great love came my first great loss and an extreme reaction
Jan 30
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Bye, Alex. I’m Not Sorry We MetThe second of my triad partners tossed me over within a year of the first
Apr 19, 2022
Apr 19, 2022
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I want to hear his voice once again. I want to explainHello? Past? This Is Me Calling Michael
Jul 25, 2020
Jul 25, 2020
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The Rudest Celebrity I’ve MetReminiscences of 1970s D.C.
Dec 27, 2021
Dec 27, 2021
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How Many Firsts Can There Be in One Man’s Life?Life brings many first-time events, some of them milestones
May 25, 2024
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May 25, 2024
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