Why Didn't I

This is a poem about how I am feeling at this point in my life after losing my wife.

Yes it is melancholy but it is also therapeutic.

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Why am I so lonely

when I see

so many are here?

Why am I hearing you laughing

 when I know

you are not there?

Why can't I smile to others

when asked

how do I feel?

Why can't I care for friends

like she did

feeding them with a meal?

Why didn't I hold onto to you

tightly

with all my might?

Why didn't I kiss you endlessly

so you couldn't let go

that dreadful frightful night?

Why didn't I

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This is,

Time For Me To Go Cry Now

Happy Birthday Honey

Jim Hauenstein

And,

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
- Lao Tzu -

 

I do have to say that today is also a happy occasion because my second oldest daughter was born on the same day as my wife.

We will be celebrating her birthday this afternoon.

 

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Tomorrow Is My Wife's Birthday

I know I haven't been consistent on posting stories or whatever is on my mind up on this blog this year. If you read some of my earlier posts at the beginning of March, you would know that my wife passed away in February from COVID. I'm still somewhere in the middle of the Seven Stages Of Grief. I did talk to my Doctor recently about it and she said it could take up to a year or more before I come to grips with her loss. I am hoping that I'm not boring you with me posting my personal problems and that you stick by me through my turmoils. I have some great stories ideas written down in my notebook, but I'm struggling with motivating myself to sit down and write them. I have also decided to stop pursuing a Literary Agent to publish my material. Instead I will be self publishing eBooks and selling them for the cheap price of only $2. Get it? Selling them for two bucks because I'm Two Buck Howie. It is even hard to be funny these days. Thank you for understanding and again I would like to thank everyone for their support over these past few months. Knowing that you come back to read what I have to say is therapeutic in itself.

This is,

I Will Be Posting A Poem About My Wife Tomorrow

Jim Hauenstein

 

And,

 

“Maybe love at first sight isn’t what we think it is. Maybe it’s recognizing a soul we loved in a past life and falling in love with them again.”
- Kamand Kojouri -

 

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Electric Dave

  Last Christmas my brother Al sent me a copy of a video he recorded of the band Uncalled Four for my Christmas present. I loved it.

  Dave, Todd, Jack, and I comprised that band in 1985 and was some of the best times of my life.

(Getting married and having kids will always be my greatest accomplishment.)

  I sent Electric Dave a copy of the recording so he could make copies for everyone who was in the band. What I wasn't expecting was getting five years of recordings of shows and practice sessions we did together. He also sent a beautiful letter, which he gave me permission to put up on my blog. I know it is hard to read so I'll write down one section that he wrote to me that brought a tear to my eye.

  "In retrospect, signing on with you and the original lineup of Uncalled Four back in 84' was one of the best things that could have happened to me musically, because it taught me to prepare to play gigs in front of a live audience. So, thank you for inviting me along on the trip."

  One of my proudest moments was reading that part.

This is,

I Love You Dave, Todd And Jack

And I Am Saying That Without Even Being Drunk

Jim Hauenstein

 

And,

 

“People haven't always been there for me but music always has.”
- Taylor Swift -

 

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These Jokes Are Rated R

This post is rated R so please don't let your children read it.

 

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A friend of mine insists that I'm not in touch with my emotions. I told her I was in front of the big screen TV just the other day, watching a movie with a box of tissues. My friend quickly asks, "Was the movie called, Debbie does Dallas?"

 

At least I finally made my Dad happy. You see, he always wanted me to go to Medical School, so today I donated my body to Science when I die.

 

You know why God created Man before Woman? So Man could figure out his story when the Woman finally asks, "Where have you been?"

 

When I would ask my Mom if I could have the car when I was a teenager still living at home, the last thing she always said before handing me the key was,

"Children in the backseat can cause accidents. Accidents in the back seat can cause children."

 

My youngest daughter told me this one when she was only 17 years old.

"What is 6.9? A really good time ruined by a period!"

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

She's was 17!

She is now 23

and I'm finally over it.

 

So answer me this. "If Wile E. Coyote has enough money to buy all that stuff from ACME, why doesn't he just buy himself a good dinner?"

 

Did you know why Blondes can't dial 911? Because they can't find the Eleven!

 

If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?

 

Why do Doctors call what they do, a Practice?

 

A friend of mine asked me, "Do you really think you are quick witted telling these jokes?" I said, "Sure. I just write the first thing that pops into my head."

Her reply? "It shows because you don't have much to choose from."

This is,
Well, I Think I'm Funny,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“The gods too are fond of a joke.”

- Aristotle -

 

 

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Say Hello To My Little Friend

 

A space rock that is potentially as big as the Washington Monument is due to pass by the Earth this weekend.

By Ed Browne for MSN.com 

"Asteroid 2008 GO20 is due to make a close approach to Earth on Sunday July 25 at about 1:50 p.m. EDT. It is being tracked by NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Scientists think the asteroid could measure up to 721 feet in diameter, though this figure is not certain. The space rock could also be as small as 218 feet in diameter. In comparison, the Washington Monument is 555 feet tall. When 2008 GO20 passes by our planet it is due to be traveling at a speed of around 18,400 miles per hour—faster than the space shuttle when it orbited the Earth.Although the asteroid is making a close approach according to CNEOS, the term "close" is relative in space.The asteroid is not going to skim past our planet or pose any danger to us this weekend. It will actually pass Earth at a distance of more than 2.8 million miles. This is over 11 times farther away from us than the moon is."

 WHAT?

That's it?

That's as close as it is going to get?

I was all excited about getting an

Asteroid Burn

too!

You know,

like a

Sun Burn.

Remember,

it's not if it is going to happen,

but when it will happen.

Someday I will get that

Asteroid Burn

I've been dreaming about.

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"Are you trying to tell me that an asteroid burn is when the asteroid burns up in the Earth's atmosphere? Like that would happen. I am going with my fake physics that I've learned on the always truthful internet and an asteroid burn is like a sun burn."

This is,

I Always Know What I Am Talking About

Jim Hauenstein

 

And,

 

“Never in my life had I wished so hard for a thousand-foot-wide asteroid to change its course to hit someone directly in the face. Granted, it would have wiped out the entire country and possibly caused an impact winter on Earth in the process, but the greater good of mankind was worth some modicum of sacrifice.”
- Camilla Monk -

 

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I Have A Few Stories With Those Difficult Letters To Start With In A Title

I am so proud

and grateful to two friends of mine.

First,

Electric Dave,

which was his stage name when we were playing clubs back in our

Rock N' Rolls Days

sent me

Eleven CDs & Ten DVDs

of a decade of music we played together.

Still a little melancholy after the loss of my

Dear Wife,

I told

The Electric One

how I have stopped submitting my writing to literary agents.

He is so positive,

after talking to him,

he actually got me motivated to keep on writing.

He also had a special request that I write some new music.

I have a song already lined up for him.

Second,

my insurance agent,

who I consider a good friend,

I also told her how my motivation is lacking of late

and she also is a positive person

and she told me I shouldn't stop because I am so good at it.

Thank you both.

I can't give up now with support like that.

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Now back to what this post is all about.

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• Unconsciousness
• Use Of Deadly Force
•  We Will See What Happens To Me Tomorrow - Part 1
• We Will See What Happens To Me Today - Part 2
• Working For The F.B.I.
• Why I Quit Drinking
• Yellow Headed Blackbirds. The Most Evilest Birds Known! - A Flash Fiction Story

*****

This is,

Make Sure You Surround Yourself With Only Positive People

Jim Hauenstein

 

And,

 

“When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation, and people want to be near you.”
- Shannon L. Alder -

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23 Stories Starting With The Letter T In Their Title

When I said I was going to redecorate my blog

and hopefully finish up before this coming weekend,

did I forget to mention that I am helping my daughter move?

I am doing all the cleaning

and it is taking me longer then expected.

So today I am taking the time to post the stories I wrote which start with the letter

T.

There is a lot of them too!

Twenty-six as of today.

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• Terra
• The Crossing Guard
• The Girl, The Gun, And The Broken Heart Tattoo
• The Grey Gull Sanitariun - The Final Chapter
• The Infamous Greatest Maritime Disaster In U.S. History - A Ghost Story
• The International Space Station
• The Megestanu - A Short Story
• The Moon Landing Is A Hoax!
• The Pink Pilferer
• The Refrigerator Hacker
• The Reincarnation
• The Rock Star Syndrome
• The Rose Colored Glasses
• The Struggling Man
• The Vortex - A Flash Fiction Story
• The Walk by Stacie Hauenstein
• They Never Stop Coming
• The Zombie Killer
• 30% Interest
• Tic Toc Toc - A Horror Story
• Time Escapes Tours
• Transporting In Time
• 21st Century Way of Talking to the Dead 

*****

This is,

I Like The Letter T

I Guess

Jim Hauenstein

And,

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
- Maya Angelou -

 

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Q, R, & S

I am going to try to finish up my renovation of this blog by the end of next week,

I hope.

I have a couple of story ideas I want to write down because,

if I don't get them out of my head soon,

they will haunt me in the witching hours

and my waking hours.

Oh I like that sentence.

I should write it down somewhere.

So today I am posting the links to my stories starting with the letters

Q & R

in their titles.

One of my favorite stories of all time starts with the letter

R.

I believe I channeled the main protagonist to a

T.

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• Quan
• Running Jimmy And Pickled Mary
• Santa Is Real
• Some Institutions Will Let You Write Things Down On Paper With A Crayon - Humor

This is,

A Really Tough Month For Me

My Wife's Birthday Is On The Same Day In July As My Second Oldest Daughter

So It Is a Day To Mourn

And To Celebrate

Jim Hauenstein

And,

“Remember, the best presents anyone can give, is being there for their loved ones.”
- James Hauenstein -

 

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Letters O & P

Has it really been three days since I have written anything on this blog?

Well,

you know the excuses.

Places to be,

people to see,

and a grandson to take care of.

Because I know how anxious you are to read what is coming up next,

without further adieu,

here are my fiction stories beginning with the letters

O & P.

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• Once In Heaven, Forever In Hell
• One Dual Consciousness
• Paradise
• Parallel World Series Collectable Cards
• Professor Boris Kamara Rakoczy
• Proxima Centauri Visit

 This is,

Had A Great Weekend

And I Hope You Had One Too

Jim Hauenstein

 

And,

 

“Every day is a gift. But some days are packaged better.”
- Sanhita Baruah -

 

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Stories Starting With The Letters M & N In Their Titles

I Hope you are enjoying reading some of these

Fiction

stories as I re-post them.

It was getting kind of crowded looking on my blog with me just putting up the

Titles

in alphabetical order.

As we take this tour through the stories alphabetical order I hope you have a chance of reading some of them you might have overlooked.

Thank you.

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• Marriage Proposal
• Mind Controlling Matter Theory
• Mountain Pass
• M3-2 - A Flash Fiction Story
• My First Doctor Who Episode

This is,

Hoping You Enjoy Reading As Much As I Do

Jim Hauenstein

And,

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
- Groucho Marx -

 

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Letters K & L In The Title

This post is pretty empty.

It has inspired me to write more stories beginning with the letters

K & L

in their title.

But first I have to finish the renovation,

or look of this blog

and the Novella,

Twin Eidolons.

A ghost story.

*****

Kingfisher - A Flash Fiction Story

 

This is,

I Have Three Fiction Stories Already In My Head Trying To Get Out

So I Better Hurry Up

And Finish What I Set Out To Do First

Jim Hauenstein

And,

“Every time you post something online, you have a choice. You can either make it something that adds to the happiness levels in the world, or you can make it something that takes away. So, next time you go to post a comment or an update or share a link, ask yourself: is this going to add to the happiness in the world?”
- Zoe Sugg -

 

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Twin Eidolons - Chapter 8

  I had blocked my husband's number on my phone four days earlier, when I arrived at my mother's place. Apparently Mom hasn't. After a dozen or so chimes from the doorbell, Mom answers her phone the first time it rings.

  "What are you doing?" I yell at her agitated. "You know it's Daryl. Why would you answer?"

  "You know he isn't going to stop until we listen to what he has to say." Mom points out. "If he still sounds like an idiot, we'll send him away for good."

  "I don't know Mom." I say. "I'm a little confused about the whole situation. I don't want to talk to him right now."

  While my mother has a conversation with Daryl on her phone, I think about what I want to do. I think about how we were before inheriting the house and all that money. We were happy then. I hope we can be happy again.

  "Okay Mom. Let's hear what he has to say."

  Without saying goodbye, Mom hangs up her phone, goes to the front door and lets in Daryl and Minister Wilcox from the First Haitian Baptist Church. The church I have been trying to get my husband to go to since we've been married.

  As soon as Daryl sees me, he runs over, kneels down in front of me and tries to grab my hand. I refuse and pull away. He is stunned for a few seconds.

  "Darling. Honey. Please forgive me." he says. Then turns around to look at Wilcox. Looking back at me he says, "I've been talking to your Minister the last couple of days and he advises me not to make excuses for my past transgressions, but to say how I feel about you and how I will change for our family's happiness. I love you Rose. I truly do. I love that we are going to have a baby together and I love the life we had before this whole inheritance thing happened. I'm sorry I got caught up in that whole nonsense. If it would make you happy, let's forget about the money and the mansion and just go back the way we were. Please dear? I love you"

 This is,

Wondering If Daryl Has Truly Changed

Naw

What's The Fun In That :)

Jim Hauenstein

 

And,

 

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche -

 

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Twin Eidolons - Chapter 1

Twin Eidolons - Chapter 2

Twin Eidolons - Chapter 3

Twin Eidolons - Chapter 4

Twin Eidolons - Chapter 5

Twin Eidolons - Chapter 6 

Twin Eidolons - Chapter 7

 

Stories With The Letters I & J In Their Title

I have to tell you what my youngest daughter told me because it makes me proud to be a writer.

She said that I have great story ideas!

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• I'm Just A Hamster In A Cage!
• I Guess I Am One Of The Lucky Ones

• In The Dark Ages Of 1992 Or How Future Astronomers Will Think Of Our Generation 

• In The Year 2035
• iPhone Of The Future
• Is This Not Fantastic?

This is,

Always Dreaming Up The Next Story

Jim Hauenstein

 

And,

 

“We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.”

- B. F. Skinner -

 

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