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A Day with a Substitute Teacher
When a substitute "takes charge" of 4th grade for a day, tedium is the rule until recess.
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Starting Over at 55 (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 29
Jack received the call about his wife's death on the highway nearly five months ago. When school ended, Jack left the life they had and moved into the house his aunt left him on Buzby Beach. How old is too old to start over? Jack needs the answer.
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Fist Fight - A Short Story
A family feud erupts when a family from the dodgy part of the city moves to a neighborhood in a small town and their kids show no respect for anyone or anything, which is just how their psychopath of a mother likes it.
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Tales of the Exhausted Educator Volume 002
So, you want teachers back in the classrooms. Then maybe you should put them at the head of the line for vaccines.
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Tales of the Exhausted Educator Volume 001
The first in a series about my life as an educator past and present.
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Abby of Long Leaf Lane - A Buzby Beach Short Story
It's Wil's first day of 4th-Grade at a new school in a new town. His parents dropped him off before going to their new home, so Wil didn't even know where he lived. If he hadn't met Abby, the boy would have been totally lost.
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You Have a Boat - a Short Story
Paige wants to learn to sail. Mack has a sailboat.
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The Call They All Fear Most - a Short Story
Mark is home on leave and drops by the bar his grandfather, a retired police captain owns and meets Sara, the new bartender. Before they can become better acquainted, the police scanner blares out the news of an officer down.
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Starting Over at 55 (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 28
Jack, a high school teacher, received the call informing him of his wife's death on the highway nearly five months ago. When school ended, Jack sold their home, retired from teaching, and moved into the house his aunt left him on Buzby Beach. How old is too old to start over? Jack needs the answer.
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Starting Over at 55 (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 27
Jack received the call about his wife's death on the highway nearly five months ago. When school ended, Jack left the life they had and moved into the house his aunt left him on Buzby Beach. How old is too old to start over? Jack needs the answer.
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Veronica - a Short Story
Marc thought he'd spend a solitary week camping at New River State Park until he met Veronica.
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This We Share (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 06
Mark learns the identity of the Malibu's driver, but not why the man is watching his neighbor. Or is it Mark the PI is keeping an eye on?
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Ice in the Swamp - a Short Story
A young man is bow hunting in the icy swamp and has to track his wounded quarry over the thin ice.
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This We Share (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 05
Mark has lunch among statues and paintings of pirates, real and fictional, at the Pirates' Cave. On his way home, he spots a stalker he thinks is eyeing Cybil and her daughter.
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Starting Over at 55 (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 26
Jack's parents show up for his ice cream social date with Georgia.
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Starting Over at 55 (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 25
Jack finds a way to pass the time until joining Georgia at the ice cream social.
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The Dumpster Incident - a Short Story
When your mother blames you for the problem when you're the one who stopped to help.
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Starting Over at 55 (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 24
Corie interrupts Jack's lunch at the Beach Cone.
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This We Share (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 04
Mark hadn't gone to the beach hoping to meet a woman, but when Cybil introduced herself, talking to her seemed like the courteous thing to do.
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Starting Over at 55 (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 22
Wanda convinces Jack to let her hang out by his pool while he waits for a furniture delivery.
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This We Share (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 03
Mark hears from his older brother with whom he has a contentious relationship.
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Starting Over at 55 (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 21
Breakfast with Wanda at The Crabby Stack
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This We Share (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 02
Mark begins his new routine with a run on the beach, breakfast, and then wonders what to do with the rest of his day.
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This We Share (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 01
It's Saturday morning. Mark retired from the Army the day before. The nightmare his last combat mission left him awakens him before sunrise. Not the way Mark hoped to begin the new chapter in his life.
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The Wolf Spider War - a Short Story
In the summer of 2012, Wolf Spiders declared war on my family with a sneak attack on my oldest son while he was working in the yard clearing brush. While the war has been waged on a low scale with few active engagements in the years since, this summer the Wolf Spiders have stepped up their offensive
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Goodbye Andi (A Buzby Beach Short Story)
Rick lost both legs below the knee in the war. He recovered and was a successful restauranteur on Buzby Beach. Then one night a voice from the past showed up at his bar.
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Meeting Marissa - a Short Story
Marissa, a girl from a small coastal town in eastern NC, and David, a boy from the lakes region of NH, meet at Spanaway Lake in western Washington State where he's a soldier and she attends college.
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Caught by the Tide - a Buzby Beach Short Story
A young man spends a night on a sandbar and dreams of a girl he thinks he can never be with.
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Starting Over at 55 (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 20
Wanda accompanies Jack to breakfast at the Crabby Stack.
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Starting Over at 55 (A Buzby Beach Novel) Chapter 19
Wanda shows up in Buzby Beach unannounced and looking to send Jack a clear message. Will Jack be in a receptive mood?
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Rainy Night Football (a Short Story From the River Dream World)
The Shoreside Sharks last non-coference game of the season took place on a rainy Friday night. Could they keep up their unbeaten streak or would the falling rain be their downfall?
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Sabine Arrives on Buzby Beach (A Buzby Beach Short Story)
15-year-old Sabine was raped by her older sister's boyfriend when she was 12. Her sister thinks Sabine led the boy on. Dad thinks Sabine was asking for it. Mom's too drunk to care. Sabine desperately needs some coastal healing. This is her arrival at Buzby Beach.
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He Should Have Looked - a Short Story
Young drivers often get caught up in what's going on in the car, sometimes to their peril.
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High School Hero - a Short Story
High school years can be fraught with strong emotions, deep resentments, actions with tragic consequences, and unlikely heroes.
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Last Sail, A River Dream Short Story
Michael's son Declan has graduated college and will soon be leaving to start his military career, but not before father and son share one last sail around the lake.
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Not Just Another Board
The farm I lived on when I first married had an old tobacco barn behind the house and there was one slat on the barn broken off at the lower corner that always drew my attention.
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Go Back to Boston - A Short Story
Ronnie didn’t find out until he was twenty-two years old that the man he’d called Dad all his life wasn’t really his father.
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Feels So Good - a Short Story
Trevor had never attended any of his high school reunions. He hadn't planned to attend this one.