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Girls As Trailblazers

Girls As Trailblazers I walked joyfully out of a movie theater recently after watching “The Post” with my wife Laura, a newspaper photographer. Now I want to see it again with two young friends – girls who plan to become the first Boy Scouts. [su_button url=”https://terrywinckler.com/subscribe” target=”self” style=”default” background=”#2D89EF” color=”#FFFFFF” size=”3″ wide=”no” center=”no” radius=”auto” icon=”” icon_color=”#FFFFFF” text_shadow=”none” desc=”” onclick=”” rel=”” title=”” id=”” class=””]Subscribe[/su_button]

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It Takes A White Plume

It Takes A White Plume “It’s over, it’s over. There’s no more for me in life. I just want to die.” At the start of each New Year, I pause to reflect on a turning point in my life, 38 years ago, when I stood over my best friend as he begged for death. Being young, I didn’t understand why Frank or anyone could want to die. 

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Farewell To A Dream – Part 4

Part 4 – Farewell To A Dream: We enter a world of oddly wonderful people and take a life-defining step.[su_button url=”https://terrywinckler.com/subscribe” target=”self” style=”default” background=”#2D89EF” color=”#FFFFFF” size=”3″ wide=”no” center=”no” radius=”auto” icon=”” icon_color=”#FFFFFF” text_shadow=”none” desc=”” onclick=”” rel=”” title=”” id=”” class=””]Subscribe[/su_button]

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Farewell To A Dream – Part 3

Part 3 – Farewell To A Dream: A sushi takeout bag can hold enough cash to buy a world-class sailboat – with space left over for California rolls. [su_button url=”https://terrywinckler.com/subscribe” target=”self” style=”default” background=”#2D89EF” color=”#FFFFFF” size=”3″ wide=”no” center=”no” radius=”auto” icon=”” icon_color=”#FFFFFF” text_shadow=”none” desc=”” onclick=”” rel=”” title=”” id=”” class=””]Subscribe[/su_button]

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Farewell To A Dream – Part 2

Part 2 – Farewell To A Dream: A pirate. An ex-Nazi. A hot dog cook. A dead dreamer. A grieving brother. We navigated a lot of characters 24 years ago before finding The Boat to take us around the world.[su_button url=”https://terrywinckler.com/subscribe” target=”self” style=”default” background=”#2D89EF” color=”#FFFFFF” size=”3″ wide=”no” center=”no” radius=”auto” icon=”” icon_color=”#FFFFFF” text_shadow=”none” desc=”” onclick=”” rel=”” title=”” id=”” class=””]Subscribe[/su_button]

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