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A View from the Stoop

The Morning Call (October 31, 2023) By Michael T. Dolan I sit on the stoop and wait for darkness, a nightly ritual both simple and sacred. As daylight fades and dusk arrives, my eyes alight in the night. Autumn is made for the nocturnal, and …

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halloween, jack-o-lantern, night, pumpkin, reflection, samhain7 Comments on A View from the StoopOctober 31, 2023October 31, 2023 By Michael T. Dolan

Rapping at my neighbor’s door

“Halloween Fears” in the Harrisburg Patriot-News (October 28, 2010). “Suddenly there came a tapping, as of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.” Edgar Allan Poe penned these words in “The Raven,” the story of a lonely man hidden inside his home, so …

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community, edgar allan poe, halloween, poisoned candy, trick or treating1 Comment on Rapping at my neighbor’s doorOctober 28, 2010January 7, 2011 By Michael T. Dolan

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  • A View from the Stoop
  • Move over, Johnny Appleseed
  • My Subscription-Based Life
  • “I Quit!” A School Superintendent’s Snow Day Resignation Letter
  • There Never Seems to be Enough Time
  • What the hellbender?
  • Misadventures in Golf
  • Morning Hunger
  • God Must Be An Introvert
  • A Murder in the Backyard

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