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Let Freedom Ring

Aug 8, 2021Robin EngelSTORIES, ESSAYS, NARRATIVES, & NOVELS

By Me, Robin J. Engel The beauty of this country, as we all know, is the fact that we have the freedom to live and think as we please. Even the people who don’t support our political ideologies and vie instead for Communism, even the ones who think we are too oppressive, even the right…

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Mad Men – Part 1

May 30, 2021Robin EngelSTORIES, ESSAYS, NARRATIVES, & NOVELS1960s, advertising, Don Draper, Madmen

MADMEN – a period piece beginning in 1960.  Don Draper. He reminds me of the Marlboro man. Somewhat aloof, but smiles often enough to draw you in.  I remember taking a class in psychology in college. The semester was broken into 6 week intervals, dabbling in different areas of psych, giving you a taste of…

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Free Will??

May 23, 2021Robin EngelSTORIES, ESSAYS, NARRATIVES, & NOVELSadvertising industry, free will, group mind, Westworld

WESTWORLD The original idea was a movie created by Michael Crighton, creator / writer of Jurassic Park. After seeing the show Westworld, the HBO series, I watched the original movie, but it was dismally boring compared to the new, improved, high tech version. Still, it’s not for everyone. Although the show is fascinating in and…

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Addendum to my last post

Apr 29, 2021Robin EngelSTORIES, ESSAYS, NARRATIVES, & NOVELS

An addendum: I have done what I sometimes accuse others of doing – taking a literal approach to a biblical story. If I were to interpret the Abraham story as metaphorical, I would say that the ‘child’ is a representation of attachment, an idea which can be found in the Buddhist traditions. “Taken together, the…

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Connections

Apr 27, 2021Robin EngelPersonal Narrative, STORIES, ESSAYS, NARRATIVES, & NOVELSBreaking Bad, cancer, mensch, parents, sacrifice, Walter White

I’ve been watching Breaking Bad, a show about a high school chemistry teacher who gets lung cancer at age 50 and decides to cook methamphetamine, one of the worst drugs in existence, so he can make money to pay for his cancer treatments and leave a nest egg for his family. Actually, aside from the…

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Beliefs

Apr 10, 2021Robin EngelPersonal Narrative, STORIES, ESSAYS, NARRATIVES, & NOVELS

What is it exactly that I believe? I like to pride myself on saying that I don’t actually believe anything, not completely, because I leave room for possibilities. There are at least 2 sides to  every story, and thinking we are correct about anything is a collective myth. Of course, that leaves one imbalanced sometimes,…

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Characters

Mar 22, 2021Robin EngelPersonal Narrative, STORIES, ESSAYS, NARRATIVES, & NOVELScharacter development, characters, writing exercises

I think it’s important for you to know my process. The following are characters that I wrote about based on some writing exercises I created. I came up with a few ideas about a character, then proceeded just to write, without edification or premeditation. Sometimes, I have an outline for a story, and sometimes, I…

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Narcissism & Excess – the U.S. today

Mar 9, 2021Robin EngelPersonal Narrative, STORIES, ESSAYS, NARRATIVES, & NOVELS

I don’t really like the idea of plastic surgery. I realize that people are going to continue to have it, and it has been accepted as a norm. Don’t get me wrong. I look at my face in Zoom meetings and obsess about my sagging jowls as much as the next middle aged woman. But…

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My Dad – the immigrant

Feb 28, 2021Robin EngelPersonal Narrative, STORIES, ESSAYS, NARRATIVES, & NOVELSdad, immigrant, memories, soldier, the old country

Abe’s life was shaped by his history. My dad came from “the old country”, somewhere in Poland, but he came early enough so he had no accent. Abe was the baby of the family. His father died when Abe was 3, from Tuberculosis, but Abe had several older brothers and sisters as surrogate parents.  Life…

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the Quest

Feb 13, 2021Robin EngelPersonal Narrative, STORIES, ESSAYS, NARRATIVES, & NOVELSastral projection, dark tower, meaning, quest, truth

Alpha (the beginning) The Dark Tower; I am still wondering what that means. I have always thought about the deeper meaning of life, or the nature of reality.  My life journey has had dragons, princes, and princesses, because I couldn’t have made it through without the women in my life. The sojourn has had castles…

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