1. Virgil’s Search

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    March 22, 2024 by dleecox

    Eustis Gene Stephenson sat in a cheap dining hall captain’s chair as though he were sitting in a fine Barcalounger, …
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  2. Virgil’s Turn

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    March 22, 2024 by dleecox

    Virgil smiled. He said, “All told I’m appreciative of the time I’ve spent here. As a black man I’ve been …
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  3. Virgil Takes the Mantle

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    March 22, 2024 by dleecox

    Virgil Sanders explained to me that in 1865 Franklin Pedimore was 87 years old, but looked no more than 30. …
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  4. Pedimore’s Story

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    March 22, 2024 by dleecox

    “‘I served with the Royal Navy during your War of 1812 and our initial defeat at Fort Bowyer in 1814,’ …
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  5. Virgil’s Story

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    March 22, 2024 by dleecox

    His older brother Otis died of diphtheria in late 1868 and his father Hank shot himself after losing his crops …
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  6. Introduction

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    March 22, 2024 by dleecox

    In Return for Kindness One New Year’s morning I woke up so hung over nothing was real. The effect of drinking …
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  7. The Hobo Oracle of Monte Sano Mountain – Prologue #2

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    March 22, 2024 by dleecox

    A History In the weeks and months to come I regularly hiked the Land Trust trails. Most of the time …
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  8. The Hobo Oracle of Monte Sano Mountain – Prologue #1

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    March 22, 2024 by dleecox

    I’d been dreaming of hiking with my children. They were laughing, fighting, just in front of me.  My son walked …
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  9. tune ’em up

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    March 22, 2024 by dleecox

    hide your weedhide your winetune up the guitarsi’ll be there by nine

  10. Un Pied a Terre – A Scene from Marie Clem

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    March 22, 2024 by dleecox

    Late afternoon. Through the distant scream of a million cicadas Murray heard music. A tall, slender dark skinned man stood …
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