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Archive for January, 2008

 
The prelude to this short story begins at this post:
http://charlestaylor.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/babyface/ 
Although I missed the military and the comforts of having everything put in order for me in life, the rains and biting cold of European winters were tough, especially when on training exercises. Training to be a soldier during the Cold War involved learning survival skills for [...]

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Trophy Wife

 
 
The prelude to this short story begins at this post:
http://charlestaylor.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/babyface/ 
Sergeant Greer knocked on the door of my room at 7 p.m. I had just returned from having dinner at the mess hall with Henry Walker. A succulent piece of meatloaf hit the spot. Private Walker settled for a heaping of baked chicken legs and instant mashed [...]

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The prelude to this short story begins at this post:
http://charlestaylor.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/babyface/ 
 
The World War II barracks of Fliegerhorst Kaserne were equipped with communal showers. I was disappointed. How I longed for the day when I would have a medicine cabinet again where I could store my toothbrush, shaving gear, deodorant and anti-wrinkle serum. This was my new home-away-from [...]

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The prelude to this short story begins at this post:
http://charlestaylor.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/babyface/ 
 
The taxi ride back to Hanau seemed to take forever. I glared at a digital meter mounted to the dashboard next to a driver who I was certain was not human. I knew I wasn’t even close to the military installation to which I had been recently [...]

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The prelude to this short story begins at this post:
http://charlestaylor.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/babyface/ 
(Part II)
Gillie did not look like a gifted artist and illustrator. Infantry men were not known to use the left sides of their minds during the Cold War. He wore military issue ‘birth control’ glasses that were as thick as a slice of bread. His vision was [...]

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Babyface

 
The dollar had fallen substantially. In 1986 one could be exchanged for two German Marks. By 1988 the rate dropped nearly in half. Despite the reduced purchasing power, I was happy to be back in Germany in the Army again. I had no choice but to reenlist. Civilian life was not what I had imagined [...]

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Twenty-Seven Lives

Smokey is gone. The plush tabby that has lived in the basement under my apartment for several years failed to appear for his daily dish of Nine Lives “Super Supper” for two days in a row. Smokey wouldn’t miss a meal for the world!Obviously, the feline was abused at one point in his life because [...]

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Eva and Esther left the silence of the cemetery together. Eva drove her big car that used a lot of gas and followed Esther in her Chrysler back to the farm that Esther inherited from her husband George after he died.
George and Esther were planning a divorce, Eva learned. Esther was still crying, long after they had [...]

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Stone Creek Ridge

Shirley McCurly lived along Back Ridge Road, about a half mile from our farm. Her double-wide trailer was parked in a pine grove on a piece of land that once belonged to my great grandparents Miles and Millie Taylor. According to Dad, the attractive dirty blonde didn’t need a husband to feel secure living on Stone Creek [...]

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The Atlantic Beach Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico was where I turned thirty. After three decades of bottling up an incredible desire to be seen, worshiped and respected, I let it all hang out on a stage in front of at least three hundred hot- blooded Latinos. I stripped down to a G-String and [...]

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