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Jacob Eaton, in full

Posted on January 11, 2023 by labeak52

Well, not really “in full.” Just kind of in full. If you’ve been reading along in the last few months (thank you for your likes and subscriptions) you know a bit about who Jacob Eaton is and, therefore, something about … Continue reading →

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Morning Poem #2, January 30, 2020

Posted on December 24, 2022 by labeak52

Posted on January 30, 2020 by labeak52 Why does the snow capture me so? These first flakes, few and far between Dropping from heaven Must be a sign . Do I dream of lighted hearths And the return of those Whose chairs have … Continue reading →

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Morning Poem, June 13, 2020

Posted on December 24, 2022 by labeak52

Posted on June 13, 2020 by labeak52 . Let me think now of all I forgot to do There were things, I know, that I meant to say And give to other people My friends from long ago Slipped away without my last … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Poem, February 16, 2021.

Posted on December 24, 2022 by labeak52

Posted on February 16, 2021 by labeak52 . The heavens are miserly this day Even with the snow The flakes blow sidewise In a mad dance I could count the petty few of them Even the sluices of heaven are frozen Like the … Continue reading →

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Evening Poem, February 2, 2022

Posted on December 24, 2022 by labeak52

Posted on February 2, 2022 by labeak52 I recently had a conversation with an old friend who had just bought a copy of the novel I published over 20 years ago. I hadn’t looked at that book in a very long time, so … Continue reading →

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Morning Poem, February 4, 2017

Posted on December 24, 2022 by labeak52

Posted on February 4, 2017 by labeak52 At first light the lawns were blessed With the finest lace of frost The white whisper absorbing color Like the first frame in some movie Where we dim in on what might have been a dream. … 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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