Romantic stories often center around the iconic image, either literal or metaphorical (depending on the actual story in question), of the lover holding the hand of his/her love in the darkest moment of the night. Comforting, protecting and assisting their loved one in the darkest of the night. Those stories really crack me up sometimes. … Continue reading The Darkest of the Night
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Tangled Tale Along a Troubled Trail
Madness. Sheer, inescapable, asphalt-founded madness. Yet, what a story today’s tangled tale along a troubled trail of precipitation-painted pavement is! Tomorrow (Aug. 8, 2017) I have my first in-person interview for a job I would very much like to get—teaching public affairs at the Defense Information School (DINFOS), also on Fort Meade. However, as … Continue reading Tangled Tale Along a Troubled Trail
Into the Light
(*Note: This travel log drafted on July 27, 2017) Lighthouses don’t move…well, not normally. Usually it takes something like a hurricane, demolition, or a space-time continuum inversion to make a lighthouse get up and move. I’m happy to say the Key West Lighthouse is right where I left it the last time I saw it … Continue reading Into the Light
Fort Jefferson
(*Note—the outline for this travel log was drafted on July 26; it just took me a bit to finish it.) I normally don’t get up at 6:00 a.m. on vacation, but I had to be checked in at that ferry terminal by 7:00 so I could board the Yankee Freedom III for a three hour … Continue reading Fort Jefferson
Key West Ghosts
Today was 91° in Key West, one of the hottest days of summer so far (that’s ambient air temperature; the heat index was way higher). So, of course, today is the day I rent a bicycle for the week and decide to pedal over three miles across 90% of the island’s length. I decided to … Continue reading Key West Ghosts
Key West, Day 3
It’s July 24, 2017. I’m on my third day of my retirement vacation down in Key West. I wanted to write during the transit and all, but it was a whirlwind flight down from Norfolk, and I’ve not been letting the grass grow under my feet as it were. The story of my connection to … Continue reading Key West, Day 3
The Hanged Man – Chapter 2
Under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1971, this is a fully copyrighted and protected work by law. Copyright is owned by and all rights are reserved to Nathanael Miller. No part may be reproduced in whole or part without my written permission. Facebook and Twitter links to this story may be shared; but the work … Continue reading The Hanged Man – Chapter 2
The Hanged Man – Chapter 1
Under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1971, this is a fully copyrighted and protected work by law. Copyright is owned by and all rights are reserved to Nathanael Miller. No part may be reproduced in whole or part without my written permission. Facebook and Twitter links to this story may be shared; but the work … Continue reading The Hanged Man – Chapter 1
Another One is in the Books!
And another one is in the books! Looking Back is, I admit, technically not a Norfolk Murder as it took place seventeen years prior on the carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea. However, I judged it appropriate to give poor Isaac Shepherd a break and let him have at least one month go … Continue reading Another One is in the Books!
Looking Back – Chapter 5 and Denouement
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