Tag: the bronx
member name: David W.
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July 09, 2009 11:48 AM EDT --
JOHN THE SUPER
© 2009 by David Wainland
The darkness of the labyrinth was overwhelming. Grey light of a cloud-covered day barely penetrated . . .
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April 30, 2009 08:14 PM EDT --
Memories Make My Day
By David Wainland
The time has come
To change my style
And talk about things
That make me smile
About bubble gum . . .
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September 26, 2009 10:11 AM EDT --
LITTLE DAVID
© 2009 by David Wainland
Here it begins, with my life unfolding on paper. When I think about it, the past I mean, large pieces are shrouded in a . . .
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October 06, 2009 02:23 PM EDT --
ADULTS ARE STRANGE
© 2009 by David Wainland
Grandpa gave me a shiny new Roosevelt dime and this morning I am headed to Eddie’s Nut House, our local candy . . .
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November 10, 2009 02:50 PM EST --
PENNIES, PICKLES, AND MOVIES
© 2009 by David Wainland
As I left my Friday night sleepover grandpa handed me my usual . . .
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April 13, 2009 09:17 PM EDT --
Marilyn, her name was Marilyn and I still remember the first time I saw her in school.
Shortly before I tuned thirteen, . . .
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September 14, 2009 08:09 PM EDT --
8:50pm
Somebody on Gather mentioned pastrami the other day. Now that is a meat I consider myself an authority on. I was brought up in the Bronx and as far as I am concerened we ahd the greatest . . .
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November 03, 2009 01:50 PM EST --
HOT DOG, I’M RICH
© 2009 by David Wainland
One of the things you learn as a kid in the Bronx is where to look for lost things. Sewers for a Spaldeen, . . .
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January 27, 2009 06:22 PM EST --
© 2009 by David Wainland
Sometimes I have this sweet dream, its 1950 and I am a ten-year-old living in The Bronx. My mother's in the kitchen cooking breakfast. Jerry, my five-year-old . . .
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July 22, 2009 12:44 PM EDT --
Prompts for July 22:
include a glaring incongruity
use the word Jello
include your name or the name of a relative if you use a moniker on Gather
make reference to something falling
use . . .
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October 13, 2009 02:04 PM EDT --
I DID A BAD THING
1068 words
© 2009 by David Wainland
1.
The closer Bobby’s bike came to the white square painted on the wall, . . .
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October 20, 2009 10:53 AM EDT --
SUMMER OF SURF, SEASON OF CHANGES
© 2009 by David Wainland
The waters of Reynolds Channel are warm and calm in late July. Far rockaway surf really does . . .
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March 22, 2008 02:53 PM EDT --
CHAPTER I
Nothing tastes quiet as good as a stew that has simmered all night. The Jewish people prepare a special version called Cholent , a potted meal consisting of meat, potatoes, . . .
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March 24, 2008 07:49 PM EDT --
Chapter II
of my Bronx story
I pulled myself up as high as I could, straining my child's body as I balanced on the tips of my toes. The view, as much as I could see of it, was of a . . .
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March 26, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
Chapter III
My Bronx Story
© 2006
By David Wainland
There was a lot of love crammed into that small apartment in The Bronx. Most of it emanated from my mother, a cheerful . . .
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March 09, 2009 04:53 PM EDT --
© 2009 BY David Wainland
"Hold still or I'll smack your ass."
I did not and...he did. Whack!
"If the needle breaks off it can travel from your butt, . . .
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May 13, 2009 09:51 AM EDT --
MISTER WILL YOU CROSS ME
© 2009 by David Wainland
Sandi looked back at me frozen in my tracks, panic seeping from every pore.
"David, c'mon, . . .
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July 10, 2009 11:00 AM EDT --
CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A STRANGE PLACE
© 2007 by David Wainland
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September 22, 2009 04:43 PM EDT --
MISSING CHILD
© 2009 by David Wainland
Missing, wanted for memory theft.
Young boy between the ages of three and fourteen
Curly blond . . .
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December 20, 2007 07:23 PM EST --
When daddy smiled, and it was not often, his face exploded, and if you were with him when it happened, so did yours. You could . . .
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