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Jacob Eaton Gets Rich, cont’d

Posted on February 23, 2023 by labeak52

Readers; the first part of the segment is on yesterday’s blog post. You can reach it by clicking on the “Home Economics” title of this blog at the top of this page and then cursering down one post. If you’ve … Continue reading →

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Rachel and Beth

Posted on January 17, 2023 by labeak52

Readers; For the last few weeks I’ve been posting installments from my forthcoming novel telling the story of Jacob’s life. The following bit is a little from the life of Rachel. Happy reading. Likes and comments are appreciated. The café … Continue reading →

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Treasure Found

Posted on December 20, 2022 by labeak52

Posted on April 28, 2018 by labeak52 If you read this blog regularly, you’re aware that I have a new  novel underway and you may even know something about it.  For those of you who don’t, here is enough of a synopsis to … Continue reading →

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Jacob Goes to Chatsworth

Posted on December 15, 2022 by labeak52

Hello, readers. I’m back again with another short (this morning’s work) installment on my novel in progress. If you’ve been reading along, you’ll know something about who Jacob Eaton is and how he ended up at Oxford. Thanks for reading. … Continue reading →

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Jacob Eaton, cont’d

Posted on December 9, 2022 by labeak52

The streets of Oxford were still strange to Jacob Eaton.  He’d been there two weeks, waiting for the start of term, the beginning of his experience as a Rhodes Scholar.  He had settled at least somewhat into his rooms on … Continue reading →

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More Jacob Eaton

Posted on December 8, 2022 by labeak52

Readers; here is another stab at a chapter of my novel in progress. There may be coem overlap with sections you have already read and there may even be some contradictions with other parts of the story. But, as I … Continue reading →

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voices: 1977

Posted on November 18, 2022 by labeak52

When I came on at Sproul the tipple had been operating for almost ninety years.  Railcars in and out of there at all hours of the day and night.  Hundreds of them in a day.  I was hired in as … Continue reading →

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voices: 1963

Posted on November 17, 2022 by labeak52

We moved to this house right after the war. Mom and Dad were both gone by then and we just knew that there wasn’t much of a future for us where we were, what with the mines being nearly worked … Continue reading →

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Jacob Eaton

Posted on November 11, 2022 by labeak52

Hey, readers! Many of you have been reading my last few posts which are drafts of chapters of my novel in progress The Secret of Hill Grove. The last few chapters have dealt with Rachel, who is the protagonist of … Continue reading →

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Learning To Dance

Posted on September 9, 2021 by labeak52

When Wendell Douglas come back from the war he looked to be about a foot taller.  He’d volunteered as soon as he was of age and shipped out right before the Allies took the beaches in Normandy.  He didn’t see … Continue reading →

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