Alan’s TTIM Stories #47 “The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is work we are

Alan’s TTIM Stories #46 New laws restrict or eliminate immigration. A ban on gender and sexual diversity in schools, the media, advertising, and public places.

Alan’s TTIM Stories #45 There are movies you watch once and that’s enough. There are movies so bad you quit in the middle. And then

Alan’s TTIM Stories #44 The settlement of the North American continent by Europeans created conflicts between foreign powers and the original inhabitants. Settlers pushing beyond

Alan’s TTIM Stories #43 A famous painting by John Trumbull hangs in the United States Capitol rotunda. The “Declaration of Independence” recreates the signing of

Alan’s TTIM Stories #42 Autumn: a chill in the air, leaves turn to a beautiful red and gold, football appears on every electronic device, and

Alan’s TTIM Stories #41Historic fiction based on real events A disputed territory lay 150 miles north of the state capital. Governor Lucas did not suffer

Alan’s TTIM Stories #40 “The ability to adapt determines the possibility to survive and thrive. It is a lesson thought in evolution, intelligence, and character

Alan’s TTIM Stories #39 Dayton is a modest city of 138,000 in western Ohio, located on the confluence of Great Miami River, Mad River, Stillwater

Alan’s TTIM Stories #38 “The people that I liked and had not met went to the big cafes because they were lost in them and

Alan’s TTIM Stories #37                                                                         The grass is greenStates a fact – obvious, common knowledge, boring The mown lawns appear as an emerald carpet across suburbiaPoetic,

Alan’s TTIM Stories #36 “And the rockets’ red glare, the bomb bursting in air” Two-hundred ten years ago an event changed American history in action