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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • 21 hours ago
Into The Small Hours
The less we hold onto, the lighter our hearts become, like a kite unmoored, drifting above the din of yesterday’s promises. Memories, like dust, settle into silence.…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • 3 days ago
The Fun Uncle
I remember how popular pranks were when I was a boy in the 1970’s and 80’s. Whenever I got my hands on a comic book I was infinitely more interested in the ads in the back of the…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • 7 days ago
Subaru Flu, Herding Cats, and Spectacular Sunsets
The first week of autumn here in our corner of Minnesota was an adventurous one. The sunsets this time of year are gorgeous and we’re experiencing what will probably be our last…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • 9 days ago
Hope Is the Better Inheritance (An Original Poem)
Not long ago this was just another ghost town, now the streets breathe faintly, shadows crouch in doorways, sidewalks swept but crumbled, their cracks filled with…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • 11 days ago
One Last Lunch
I had lunch with one of my best and oldest friends in the world a few days ago. This will likely be the last time we share a meal together for quite some time. Soon he and his…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • 15 days ago
Uptober, Optimus, Monsoons, & Moonbeams
It’s been a busy week in my corner of the world—but a productive and good kind of busy. Thanks to everyone who's shown their support for the latest installment of my new…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • 17 days ago
We Are the Last of the Analogs
I was thinking about something the other day. The entirety of my writing career hasn’t really been about educating people—although I’d like to think that occasionally some people…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • 20 days ago
becoming (An Original Story on Hive) 9
Animation created by Grok-Imagine. Disclaimer: This story is a work of fan fiction based on the concepts and settings inspired by SpaceX and its Mars mission endeavors.…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #goodvibesonly • 21 days ago
Preparing On a Sunny Day - The Value of Voluntary Adversity
"Here's a lesson to test your mind's mettle: take part of a week in which you have only the most meager and cheap food, dress scantily in shabby clothes, and ask yourself if this…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • 24 days ago
History Has a Way of Repeating Itself - Victorian Age 2.0
Most people don’t have the faintest idea of the true impact of the societal transformation that’s coming. The idea for this post was born in the comments section of my friend…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • 25 days ago
The Tremendous Power of Habit
Habits are behaviors that are repeated, over-and-over, on a daily basis. These habits have much more of a direct impact on our lives than any dream, aspiration, or goal could…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #poetry • 29 days ago
Bent (An Original Poem)
You’ve bent yourself into shapes you were never meant to take, contorting for the sheer comfort of others, forgetting the sacred geometry of your soul. The air, thickened…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #goodvibesonly • last month
FroggyStyle
We had yet another amphibian visitor on our deck after the last torrential rains and I re-homed him down by the pond. We were befuddled, at first, by how these little frogs…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #goodvibesonly • last month
Announcement! #GoodVibesOnly tag on Hive.
There’s an old Cherokee parable that goes something like this: An old Cherokee elder is teaching his grandson about life. He says, "Inside each of us, there is a battle…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • last month
What Happened to Compromise?
A lot of us have been talking about how the divisiveness and extremism that have been brewing in the world in the last few decades will lead us to very bad places. The seeds of…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • last month
Saying a Proper Goodbye to Summer
Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer in my part of the world. I can honestly say that we made the most of ours. We kicked our festivities off early last week on…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • last month
Life Unfolds (Thoughts on this 5th Decade of Life)
Animation created by Grok-Imagine. I had lunch yesterday with one of my oldest friends. It was the first time we'd met in well over over a month. He told me how he and his…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • last month
Hanging With My Peeps
Being a city-dweller my entire life, I wasn’t prepared for the sheer scale and variety of wildlife out here on what I, jokingly, call the edge of civilization. It seems that…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #poetry • last month
Quantum Breadcrumbs (An Original Poem)
We long to be blessed with time to properly ponder, our minds sketching out the faintest of truths, chasing shadows that most often, slip away. We crave a chosen weight…
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ericvancewalton (80)in #story • 2 months ago
The Immeasurable Joy of Handmade Things ~ Crown Northampton Desert Boots
Even though I’d never owned a pair myself, I have a long history with desert boots. I remember my father wearing them during my childhood in the 1970’s. Back then I wasn’t much…
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