In Clayton Gloria Does it All 08/30/24
It’s rare in 2024 to find somebody living almost off the grid and close to downtown! Gloria Utley lives in a home built in 1890 sitting...
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Michael Barrington
- Jul 2
- 4 min
The Last Omaha Beach, D-Day Survivor 06/20/24
Having written two books about World War II, I couldn’t wait to meet Papa Jake Larson, almost one hundred and two years old and one of...
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Michael Barrington
- May 27
- 4 min
Turkmenistan: A Bay Area Visit 05/25/24
Four men and two women from Turkmenistan, five of them journalists, aged between twenty six and thirty six, have just spent a week as...
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Michael Barrington
- Apr 22
- 3 min
Turkmenistan: A Country Uncovered 04/20/24
Turkmenistan: A closed country revealed Part I. Few people in the USA have heard of Turkmenistan, a sparsely populated and poorly known...
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Michael Barrington
- Mar 14
- 4 min
Ekphrasis: What I see in this painting. 03/13/23
“At D1” “Well, what do you think?” Smiley asked, looking straight ahead, his eyes never deviating from the port side red light on the...
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Michael Barrington
- Feb 11
- 2 min
Silk: An amazing read. 02/12/24
SILK Silk is a startling, sensual, hypnotically compelling novella about a French silk merchant, Herve Jancour’s several dangerous...
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Michael Barrington
- Jan 15
- 9 min
Stonehenge: A Quick Visit 01/14/24
An icy November wind swirled the dense mist over the Salisbury Plains almost obscuring Stonehenge. Professor Isaac Cedric Effingham,...
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Michael Barrington
- Dec 2, 2023
- 9 min
The Shannike (Storyteller)
It all happened because of Dair Dockery. If he hadn’t been in Tulsk that day and if the skies hadn’t opened, forcing him to spend the...
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Michael Barrington
- Nov 1, 2023
- 5 min
Writers I Dream About! 11/03
As a shy fifteen-year-old schoolboy, I was often the unfortunate victim of having to stand before the class and read my short stories out...
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Michael Barrington
- Oct 10, 2023
- 3 min
Whatever Happened to My Quotation Marks? 10/10/23
I have just finished reading my third novel by Sally Rooney, followed by Cormac McCarthy’s latest, Stella Maris and I’d like to report...
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Michael Barrington
- Sep 1, 2023
- 3 min
Not Just Your Average Dentist! 09/01/23
Dr. Reza Khazaie is simply an amazing character. While his Willow Pass Dental Care offices, on Willow Pass Road in Concord, is bustling...
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Michael Barrington
- Jul 4, 2023
- 5 min
65 Countries and Counting! 07/04
Concord Rotarian, Extraordinary Humanitarian to 65 Countries and Counting David King. As he daily walks his rescued Tibetan terrier...
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Michael Barrington
- Jun 15, 2023
- 4 min
Artificial Intelligence, the New Apocalypse? 06/15/23
Is this the new Apocalypse for writers? The start of a new conversation. Some months ago, a short article on the internet piqued my...
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Michael Barrington
- Jun 11, 2023
- 4 min
Afghan Interpreter Part II 05/20
An Afghan interpreter’s Escape. Part II It was 7:30 AM when they arrived at Al Udeid airbase in Qatar. Even at that early hour it was...
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Michael Barrington
- Jun 11, 2023
- 4 min
An Afghan Interpreter Escapes to Concord 04/04 23
An Afghan interpreter’s escape. Who can ever forget the frightening and shocking images that went viral, of Afghan people trying to hang...
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Michael Barrington
- Mar 21, 2023
- 3 min
Swimmer Extraordinaire 03/21/22
Sometimes we can live on a particular street for years and sometimes never get to know all of the people who live there. Some of our...
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Michael Barrington
- Mar 4, 2023
- 4 min
No Sweat Marketing 03/4/23
Marketing one’s books can be a daunting task. Like most authors I have a well-developed plan including good use of social media, a solid...
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Michael Barrington
- Feb 7, 2023
- 1 min
The Baron of Bengal Street 02/07
My latest historical novel was published in January. It is centered in Manchester, England and is based principally on the life of my...
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Michael Barrington
- Jan 17, 2023
- 7 min
CRASH
January 17, 23 Crash There were bodies everywhere. Both platforms at the London underground station were littered with injured people,...
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Michael Barrington
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
Delegation from the Ukraine
From November 4 – 11 the Rotary Club of Concord assisted by the Rotary Club of Pleasant Hill hosted a delegation of healthcare...
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