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Fiction: The Red Hand

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This short short is inspired by one of the originating myths of Northern Irish culture, the boat race and the red hand. My grandmother came from Belfast, as did most of the rest of my family at some point in … Continue reading →

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An old growth redwood at Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County, California. Looking up from the base to the canopy 300 feet overhead.

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