Dave Ruskjer

Joined October 2021

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Communications Concentration from Andrews University, living in Lakeland, Florida

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Kumiko
What would it take for you to leave home when you’re seventeen . . . go where no one knows you, in an entirely different country with a totally different language . . . for the rest of your life?
By Dave Ruskjer4 years ago in Families
You Be the Judge
What does it take for something to be supernatural? I suppose it would depend on who you ask . . . At the risk of revealing myself as a total wacko, let me share some experiences from my now ancient past and you be the judge . . .
By Dave Ruskjer4 years ago in Confessions
Psychic Phenomenon
Normally I don't give much credence to psychics. Nostradamus might be the notable exception. But then, given the number of years that have passed and the vagueness with which his predictions were couched -- due, no doubt, to the need to not be sounding like he was actually predicting some Royal would get his eye put out with a spear while jousting . . .
By Dave Ruskjer4 years ago in Fiction
Workmen's Compensation
It's like auditing a class -- you don’t have to pay for it, but you benefit from it just the same. I'm talking about the people you meet along the way.
By Dave Ruskjer4 years ago in Unbalanced
Dying Respect
An eight-by-ten black-and-white glossy is circulating through the class. The instructor hands it to the first student, saying he likes to call it "Count the Bodies."
By Dave Ruskjer4 years ago in Confessions
My Son, the Cat Killer
Cats . . . Dogs . . . Kittens . . . Puppies . . . Makes no difference to him -- he kills 'em all. Then he burns ‘em to a crisp.
By Dave Ruskjer4 years ago in Confessions
If I Died Today -- Part II
With 10 years to think about it and a typewriter in the law library, the author muses over the emotional highlights of the life he's left behind . . .
By Dave Ruskjer4 years ago in Humans
If I Died Today -- Part 1
If you've ever been arrested for crimes you didn't commit, at the tender age of 61, spend three and a half weeks in a federal courtroom, only to be sentenced to 10 years in prison, you too might wax poetic about the life you're leaving behind . . .
By Dave Ruskjer4 years ago in Poets
Proud Moments in History
I don't suppose it should come as any surprise that the kids of rebels often grow up to be rebellious themselves. Bud's kids sure fit that profile! He's the oldest of my two older brothers.
By Dave Ruskjer4 years ago in Confessions
Stranger Than . . .
Is she gonna make it, Doc?" "I don't know. She's lost a lot of blood." "Can she identify her assailant?" "We won't know until she's conscious."
By Dave Ruskjer4 years ago in Fiction
'I like football'
Cursively speaking, it says a lot (I like football), especially if it's written on a blank, lineless piece of paper or card stock …
By Dave Ruskjer4 years ago in FYI
Famous Quotes
There's a theory, which may have substance, that today's blockbuster movies and TV series replace the vital role Shakespeare and the King James Version of the Bible used to serve -- providing shorthand references that are all but universally understood.
By Dave Ruskjer4 years ago in Fiction

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Kumiko

You Be the Judge

Psychic Phenomenon

Workmen's Compensation

Dying Respect

My Son, the Cat Killer

If I Died Today -- Part II

If I Died Today -- Part 1

Proud Moments in History

Stranger Than . . .

'I like football'

Famous Quotes

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