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Green Frog Thursday

I love to catch frogs. It is sometimes difficult. This one, however, caught me. I was sitting by the river and suddenly felt something cold and wet jump onto my...

Vietnam

This is an unsigned photograph I bought at a local thrift store. A new worker from East Africa was attending to the area of the store where they keep a basket o...

Flash Fiction

The following is a "Flash Fiction" story I wrote after learning about Flash Fiction. This story has been playing in my mind for a few years, but I felt overwhel...

Methamphetamines

Once, a tweeker I barely knew watched over my car and belongings after an ambulance took me to the hospital during an overdose. He was waiting for me there read...

Pretending to be Paula Deen.

This is one of my first videos. https://youtu.be/-wVA43zCNpA...

Selling Marijuana "in the old day."

https://youtu.be/C9SYgG9RuI Before legalization, this is how it was. Feedback is always welcome....

مرحبا ستيمت Hello Steemit!

Hi, Steemit! My name is Dan. I grew up in West Texas, but moved to Oregon after high school in 1996. I was adopted along with 7 other kids by good Christian par...

A Day of Halcyon

Today was a beautiful day. I spent it with (I've got to think of a nickname for him) We spent it at Armitage Park camp ground on the McKenzie River. This is whe...

My Husband Wants to Kill me

I haven't been out of bed much since returning to my "Ex." Maybe I'm a depression extremist? As I've mentioned in my blog, I'm not allowed to feed the cat. Yest...

Why Black Lives Matter Is Not a Hate Group

I was attacked going to high school by five police who ambushed me in an intersection as I was walking to school one morning. They ordered me on the ground with...

A Pictorial Tour of Walmart

As a poor U.S. citizen, going to Walmart is one of the funnest things I do in my life. Once, while visiting my hometown in Texas, I saw my childhood friend who ...

Legal Marijuana

There are maybe one hundred marijuana dispensaries in my area of Oregon. It's such a difference between. A few years ago and in other states when everything had...

Saying Goodbye

I grew up with peacock feathers. They remind me of my parent's home who kept them in an antique vase. I am almost thirty nine years old. I left Texas more than ...

Fires in Oregon

There are several wildfires in Oregon leaving smoke in the air throughout the state. This has an interesting effect on the appearance of the setting Sun. One da...

STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 45 - Katyu Chuko - Alif - Original Song

So this is kinda last minute for this week, but we were rehearsing this morning and I convinced Mohammad Muneem to do this open mic with me! This is a Kashmiri ...

Communicate With Anyone

Having effective communication skills is important to navigate the world. Sometimes it can feel scary to speak to people regarding sensitive topics such as disa...

Not Everyone in America is Rich

I have been receiving telephone calls every day by heavily accented people claiming to be calling from the United States government. They say the government has...

House America is Falling

Today in Charlottesville, Virginia, a car plowed into counter demonstrators killing at least one person and injuring 19 others. They were there to protest a Whi...

If I follow you, and you follow me, do we really know where we are going?

I am excited about Steemit, but don't understand it well, yet. After reading several posts about how well Neo cryptocurrency is doing, I feel anxious to purchas...

The Snake Miracle

One evening when we lived in Georgia, I saw a giant 6 foot snake in the woods right after dusk. I ran to the shed and came back with a bucket. The snake began t...