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A Sentinel for the House of Uncle Sam

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Sir EJ Drury II

Look­ing back on all the magic and the mys­tery of this tour de force, as the ship set sail for Pearl Har­bor, I won­dered what was to become of me. As I sat up top­side, pon­der­ing over the mat­ter, I … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Fate of Those Who Live in the Middle

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

While this expe­ri­ence healed some of the divi­sion in my life, the one involv­ing Kraft only cre­ated more. Why overnight, it rent the ship into two fac­tions, which held so much ani­mos­ity towards each other, you’d have thought we were … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Door to the Twilight Zone

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

Ever since I’d opened the door to that twi­light zone between wake­ful­ness ’n’ sleep, I found myself con­tin­u­ally being drawn back into my own inte­rior with the curios­ity of a youth to explore new and uncharted ter­ri­tory. Hav­ing parked my … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A Threat To Be Reckoned With

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

Later that evening, as I sat up top­side at my usual perch before retir­ing, I was star­tled from con­tem­pla­tion by Marty’s sud­den appear­ance. “Dury,“ shouted Marty in a tone of voice that alarmed me. “What’s the mat­ter?“ I inquired. “He’s … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Animal Side of Human Nature

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

Since each divi­sion was required to sup­ply the mess decks with a new man every three months, I was the log­i­cal choice when the time came for First Divi­sion to send a replace­ment. Besides being low man on the totem … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Only the Shadow Knows

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Sir EJ Drury II

“Tell me,” I begged of my shadow, “why are you so much more trans­par­ent than any of the other images I’ve encoun­tered thus far?” “As both gate ‘n’ gate­keeper to the vast and unex­plored reaches of your own inner space, the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Handwriting on the Altar

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Sir EJ Drury II

That Sun­day, at mass of all places, I stum­bled upon the same lit­tle olé gar­den of olive trees, I’d encoun­tered dur­ing that other hell­ishly dry period of my life, back in the spring of the year. Only this time, I … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Ultimate Act of Love

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Sir EJ Drury II

When I sat down to write my lat­est book, A Dif­fer­ent Kind of Sen­tinel, I stood on the precipice of utter dark­ness, until I ran into my soul, one morn­ing. Hav­ing been invited up to her room, one, I might … Con­tinue read­ing →

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