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New to Five Minute Observations? Welcome. I’m Joe Class III, and I write stories and essays about what I notice, the encounters that reveal something true, and the moments that stick with you after they’re gone. If you’re just getting started, these three pieces will give you a sense of what this space is about:…
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Standing behind the curtain, he held his blanket in his left hand, his right thumb stuck in his mouth, sucking away. Two silhouettes, one shorter than the other, stood in the shadows whispering, believing he was in bed. What they said, the young boy did not know, but it sounded – sad. Doing his best…
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Helping Hands Network. It started out as a project for Emily, mostly because she was tired of being bored during the Parent Teacher Conferences at her son’s junior high school. The other Moms attending were working and middle class. None of them had money or resources like she and Jonathan had. She could have enrolled…
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“I’m only going to say this one more time, Emily.” Jonathan’s entire body tensed up. The last thing he wanted to do was fight with Emily. This was becoming a regular thing between them, most often about whose function or event they would be attending. Usually, the Bank President won out over the sitting President…
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Persistent knocking on the door to her suite disturbed her sleep. “What do you want?” she shouted. “Ms. Chiges. It’s time to leave. We have to be at the airport in twenty minutes.” “Isn’t the plane mine?” “Technically, Ms. Chiges, yes. But Ms. Chiges, we have a schedule to keep. If we are even a…
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To start with, this guy. I don’t even know how to describe him because to do so, at least in this day and age of everyone being offended about every little thing means to accurately describe him, would take some doing. Let’s start with his stylish clothing. He was dressed to the nines, almost like…
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“You are outta your-ever-lovin’ mind, Bill!” Shouting, the oversized man pointed at the television screen. “There ain’t no way that the Cubs are gonna beat the Cardinals this year. It ain’t gonna happen.” He sipped his coffee while pointing to the screen. In the corner of the café was a flatscreen television tuned to the…
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Grow up around any creative industry, and chances are you won’t see it like everyone else. For example, if your Dad is a football coach for an NFL team, the chances of you not meeting a famous player are very low. If your Mom works as a CPA for an accounting firm that only deals…
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American culture is so ingrained in each of us that we fail to recognize and be thankful for the things we do have. Instead, we focus on our desires, wants, and perceived needs. Isolationist attitude with our closed-off homes with automatic garage door openers and outside back decks hidden behind privacy fencing. Does any of…
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Will wasn’t the most active kid in the neighborhood. Honestly, exercise wasn’t his thing. The only kind of outside activity he did, reluctantly at that, was riding his bike. Riding around the neighborhood was a freeing activity, not exercise, at least not in Will’s book. Josh, on the other hand, was an active kid. Watching…
Stories. Enjoy!
