: About Me

I like to write.
Music as well as words.
A bunch of "little known trivia" about myself is not needed here.
I like dogs, especially bulldogs. If you don't like dogs, you don't like kids as both require the same from you.
Cats are alright, my mother always had Siamese versions and they are what I consider a miniature tiger to be.

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I was born into a large family of musicians in New Orleans, Louisiana "?" years ago. It was always loud and interesting as my older siblings had several friends that frequented our home. My parents were often entertaining guests for dinner parties, music playing a very large part of it, or out at other's homes who did the same.
As I said it was both loud and interesting. We were home schooled and my siblings and I all learned to play a musical instrument, mentored by one of the various musicians that lived in and around NOLA. I learned to play the drums, clarinet and piano by the time I was 14 and even played a gig or two down in the French quarter. I guess that would be considered a recital by most kids giving their first performance after learning to play. When all 8 of us were playing it was more or less a band out of control unless one of our parents or mentors were present. One of my sisters played the saxophone and another the harmonica, they could play well by themselves. My oldest brother played the coronet and people would come around to see and hear him. Two of my brothers played guitar and the bass while my oldest sister played the fiddle or violin. My brother who played the trombone was short and his arms were as well. It gave him fits to keep up if the tempo got fast.

All of that is total crap. As I prefaced, a list of LKT about myself is not needed. Read my effluence and figure me out.

My passion is ...

The truth - Why did you put me here, GOD?

I know too much about ...

Enough of anything to get me into a bit-o- trouble........

My parents always told me ...

Be a good boy - BEHAVE!

My childhood ambition ...

In my teens I wanted to play rock n roll for a living.

My favorite memory ...

Life has been good, it is impossible to name a favorite.

Why I write ...

My mind is screaming to let it all out!

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Is it hot or cold? What day of the week is it? What part of my body is giving out today?

My first job ...

Selling fireworks for my father in TEXAS! BANG!

My best moment ...

When I am asleep and the world and I are quiet.......

My inspiration ...

My dog is my hero. I want to write a book and dedicate it to him.

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Once upon a time

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Once upon a time there was a guild of master-craftsmen who specialized in magic metal alloys. They were but young lads decades upon decades ago and were happy in the valley between the mountains that held the mystic ores that produced the alloys. They were known far and wide for the cookware they forged by hand in the deepest parts of the valley. The loud clanging of their hammers upon the crystalline metal and heat from the forge furnaces forced them from their village to where they practiced their craft at Clearmetal. For years the small village of men and their families had been the for...

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