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~The Button Box~
Is an anthology of sentimental tales previously published
in The Lake Champlain Weekly. Softcover, 40pp
To order "The Button Box, " use the Paypal link (left), or order by mail by sending a check or money order for $4.95 (plus $1.05 S&H) to: 18 Elm Street Plattsburgh, NY 12901
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(Excerpts)
"Band of Fathers" Maybe it was just coincidence that my father bought a house near WWII veterans like himself; maybe there were so many of them that it couldn't be avoided. However, none of that mattered to me as a child. What did matter was the subtle influence of those men: it changed my life and I didn't even know it...
"The Button Box" I just couldn't believe what I had found. There was only one other person alive who could identify where that ugly old, fabric-covered button I was holding came from...
"The Smell of Snow" There is snow that is funereal, falling with grim determination from dirty clouds which hang so close to the earth that you want to get a pole and poke at them. "Go away, stupid snow-clouds!" you want to yell, but they never listen...
"He's So Fat" I bit my lip and hoped my old furry friend had
found all his own searchings met in that tiny space I had given him,
that brief world we created for ourselves in the space between
my lap and my hand...
"My Portable Heaven" There are things that are childish, things that are child-like and there are better things, which only the heart of a child knows and sees, because the world was created to be a wonderful form of heaven...
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