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Retirement & Abert Towhees

It is 2:15 on a SAturday afternoon. The birds are serenading me. Literally. I’m sure they are songs and not just chirps. There are at least 4 distinct types of bird songs that I can detect. A friend of mine has gotten me into birding. I now have 2 apps on my phone. Today is…

Harsh Reality: Teenage Years

Jan 23, 2021Robin EngelPersonal Narrative, STORIES, ESSAYS, NARRATIVES, & NOVELSBrooklyn, first kiss, Greenwich Village, junior high, Martin Luther King, protests, teenager

I still lived in Brooklyn. The year was 1969 and racial tensions were high. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. had been killed only a year previous. One day, outside the windows of my school, students from the high school walked out of school and marched in the streets, almost creating a riot, demanding equality…

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Retirement & Abert Towhees

Harsh Reality: Teenage Years