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Update; I am a little over half way editing my new eBook and I'm still trying to figure out how I am going to do the cover. I can't take pictures off the internet because I don't own them. I'm looking for either a photographer or an artist who will work for free. They will get credited of course but so far it looks like I will only be able to recoup my investment. Yet, I will carry on. Thanks

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Periodically I go check out

Live eruptions of the Popocatépetl Volcano in Mexico.

I haven't seen anything exciting yet but it is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth.

I'm not all doom

and gloom.

I also put on the

NASA

channel where you see the

Earth

flying by underneath the

ISS.

Usually I will have it on the big screen while I listen to music

and I'm doing my chores. 
We live in the

Orwellian World

of

Webcams

my friend.

I'm not just taking about

Asia & Europe.

You wouldn't believe how many cameras are watching the beaches in the

United States.

Search the internet if you don't believe me.

This is

George Orwell's 1984 We Live In

TwoBuckHowie

 

And

 

"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

- George Orwell -

 

 That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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A Letter To Julieta

I want to explain myself before you read my letter to my wife. Today is her birthday. I'm posting this letter on all my social sites for my own healing process. I want everyone to know how much I loved her and how much I have change since she let me into her life, her kid's lives, and continuing to grow our family together with more children. I will always remember her as the quiet, beautiful, determined woman I met in 1992.

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A Letter to Julieta

I have been thinking about Love.

What is Love?

When I met you I found out what love isn’t. Love isn’t lust for someone or something you say because of intimacy. Love isn’t a battle between two egos or a competition. Love isn’t a convenience, an arrangement, a lie. Love isn’t settling for someone because marriage is something you’re supposed to do in life. Love isn’t trying to change someone, to mold them into something else. Love isn’t judging someone about their past. And Love is never, ever, an ownership of another.

What is Love?

Love to me is; a relationship, a partnership, companionship. Love is when a person’s happiness depends on the happiness of the other, and vice versa. Love is helping each other develop and achieve goals in life. Love is the joy of raising a family together. Love is talking. Love is listening. Love is understanding. Love is lifting one another up with encouragement, support, and giving each other confidence. Love is going through life together. In sickness and in health. Together enjoying the highs. Together battling the lows. Love is understanding if the other fails in something, you help them move forward. Love is knowing that if I win or lose, either way, you will be by my side. Love is laughing at my foolishness and loving me even more for it. Love is having a best friend who understands me for who I am. Love is a partnership with my best friend. Love is always you.

You are still by my side because your memory lives inside my heart, my soul, my mind. I am so lucky to have had you in my life.

See Honey, you are still teaching me.

Love You

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This is,

Never Forgetting You

Jim Hauenstein

 

And

 

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
- Dr. Seuss -

 

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I Need A Little More Time In Life

 

Can we make our clocks run 25 hours a day

and our weeks last eight days?

No?

We can't?

It has something to do with the Earth's rotation you say?

Well I don't have enough time!

I don't know who said it first but I believe it.

"The days are long but the years fly by!"

Speaking of time.

For your reading pleasure.

Here is one of my flash fiction stories about time travel.

 Transporting In Time

I really think you will like this one.

It has a completely different take on

Time Travel.

This is,

Never Giving Up An Opportunity To Travel In Time

Jim Hauenstein

 

And

 

“Yeah, but what if you went back and killed your own grandfather?" He stared at me, baffled. "Why the fuck would you do that?”
- Stephen King -

 

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Life Is What Happens While You Are Making Other Plans

Hello,

I'm back.

Like the title of this post says,

life is always moving forward

and all the plans I had of putting time aside for my blog

and editing my book,

well things didn't turn out as I would have thought.

But now I have a little time to do these things.

Sorry that I can't write a new story today.

It's because of my self imposed deadline for release of my new eBook.

I need to edit.

You can read one of my favorite short stories of all time by following this link though;

Benched

Yes,

that is the title of the story but you already knew that.

The story was inspired by Japan's 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

I hope you enjoy reading it.

This is,

Remembering America's

And Japan's Greatest Game

 Jim Hauenstein

And

 

“It ain't over 'til it's over.” - Yogi Berra -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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Historical Fiction

This is a story I wrote on November 18th, 2018 called

Dueling

It's a quick easy read

but I hope you enjoy its brevity.

Still editing my new eBook.

It's looking good!

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   "Mister Jackson. Will you please be my second and teach me how to duel?" asked a distraught Aaron Hamilton.
   "Dueling is not for boys. It is an honored way for gentlemen to settle their differences." answered the future President, Andrew Jackson.
   "But a Mister Gregory King has dishonored me and my family. Refusing me the hand of marriage to his daughter Rachel and calling my family unworthy of being called patriots because my father, Pastor William Hamilton, did not fight in the war of independence against England."
   "Yes, I know your father well." said Andrew. "He is a pacifist. Being a Pastor, a man of the cloth, he should not be expected to fight in any war."
   "I must protect and redeem my family's honor." stated Aaron.
   "You must think about this Aaron." said the fatherly Jackson. "If you kill Rachel's father, will she not hate you for this?"
   "I have already resigned to the idea of losing the hand in marriage with the beautiful Rachel." Aaron says sadly. "She no longer reciprocates my undying love for her."
   "Okay. I will be at Shepherd's Field at 10 minutes to noon tomorrow." Jackson replies. "I just hope your aim is true."
   The sun was high in the sky at ten minutes to noon, beating the sweat down upon the four men's faces, here for a duel. The wind, was barely blowing the leaves along the tobacco fields on Shepherd's farm. A perfect fall day.
   "You have not given me any advice on how to duel Mister Jackson?" questioned Aaron.
   "If your aim is true, you will hit your target." replied Andrew. "Just remember, after the count of 20 paces and you turn to shoot, station your body like you are holding a sword. Stand sideways to Mister King. It will give him less of a target to shoot at."
   The four men meet in the center of an open field. The two duelists grab a pistol each and line up back to back.
   Gregory's second can be heard starting the countdown.
   "One, two, three,......eighteen, nineteen, twenty!"

  This is,

My Version Of Historical Fiction

Jim Hauenstein,

And

“Until the Civil War there was scarcely a man in public life in New Orleans or Louisiana who had not fought at least one duel; most of them had engaged in several.”
- Herbert Asbury -

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