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Mike Smolarek

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Mike Smolarek is a writer who lives in Riverside, Illinois, an historic suburb of Chicago, with his wife and three children. He writes short stories and is working on a novel, titled 'Fallout.' His favorite color is green and he can be found at http://msmolarek.blogspot.com ...more

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Look Who's Fifty

One of my friends sent me these words today on a group texton my 50th birthday:“Time is the trickster. Today Iwoke up half a century old. I am not ready. Too much yet to do. Too mucheveryday living. Too much unsaid, unimagined.”Another friend on the group answered: “Thanks for the dailyexistential crisis.”Time IS the ultimate trickster. One day, you are showingyour five-year-old how to
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