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Wagner’s House on Lake Lucerne

Away from the bustle of the lakefront trade across the wide expanse of clouded blue on a small knot of land pushed out into the bay behind a copse of trees down the gravel lane – the house sits small … Continue reading

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Who’s Who and What’s What

For many years, my father’s name Followed Rich Little’s in the book “Who’s Who in America”; and There were times I wondered aloud Whether it might have been better To be a different man’s son. Only a few lines of … Continue reading

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Inheritance

for Robert Leroy Litzenberg (1928-1993) My father was a Gemini. To some that may serve or suffice to explain him; and to deny it as a factor is a lie. For those signed twins are often twice as hard to … Continue reading

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Your Father’s Son

Most men come here broken, but you appear undefiled despite the years you must have spent out roaming in the wild; and when I asked you for your name, you offered up naught but a smile. No, you are not … Continue reading

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