A Beauty of a Day For Renée 25 March 2024 Louis Vincent Balbi AUDIO: A Beauty of a Day read by Louis Vincent Balbi Some of us are odd ducks or lone-wolf misanthropes: Quasimodo perched on a cathedral’s high ledge; the mask-faced Phantom skulking in the opera; a hoarse Beast speaking in angry growls as he prowls around his castle. But you are a […]
Come and Take Our Books In the name of George Orwell and Ray Bradbury, whose novels 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 warned us of the dangers we now face. 25 October 2023 Louis Vincent Balbi AUDIO: Come and Take Our Books read by Louis Vincent Balbi Chapter I Liberty “Come and take our books from our cold,
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Fear’s Circle of Hell 17 October 2023 Louis Vincent Balbi AUDIO: Fear’s Circle of Hell read by Louis Vincent Balbi The cycle of fear: the smell of my nervous sweat puts my nerves on edge, triggers a trickle, initiates a cascade drowning peace and calm. Washing the stink off helps hold back the fear inside.
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Frazzled Threads of Thought 19 October 2023 Louis Vincent Balbi AUDIO: Frazzled Threads of Thought read by Louis Vincent Balbi Wispy threads of thought, tangled, faded — or worse, frayed — can’t tie together the bundle that’s memory, consciousness, and plans. Thus, time’s accumulated weight wears and worries. Image Credit: Blue Thread Ball by Ludwig Willimann from Pixabay
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Neuronal Transmission Interruption at Synaptic Junction
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As the Sun Rises For Alanna 21 October 2023 Louis Vincent Balbi AUDIO: As the Sun Rises read by Louis Vincent Balbi Wow, today’s the day! Happy Birthdays are so fun when you’re young and spry. Candles to blow out, your name written in icing on cake to devour in major mouthfuls. Caution yields to scrumptiousness — stomach aches are worth
How you behold any book
is the story you believe
before looking inside it.
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Never Ban a Book 14 July 2023 Louis Vincent Balbi AUDIO: Never Ban a Book read by Louis Vincent Balbi Never ban a book for the road to hell is paved with burned and banned books Never ban a book for that is the devil’s work to trash creation Never ban a book for that is the devil’s work to silence dissent
Every Book Has a Soul 4 July 2023 Louis Vincent Balbi AUDIO: Every Book Has a Soul read by Louis Vincent Balbi Do corporations have human rights? “Certainly,” ruled the Supreme Court. But those entities have a black hole at their core with no heart, no soul. True creations hold a piece of their creator’s essence: heart, mind, soul. Our published words
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A Bench on the Water Waiting for Company 12 November 2022 Louis Vincent Balbi AUDIO: A Bench on the Water Waiting for Company read by Louis Vincent Balbi A bench in parks, fields, and woods is a godsend for worn-out little ones with short legs sore from keeping up with mommy’s and daddy’s long legs. The same for
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