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Prologue
My Ancestors
Pomes
The Crusades – 1934
The Lion Hunt
The New Year – 1936
Of what use is life on earth
The moon was in the heavens
Spring – 1936
Betty – 1936
The Vision
A Strange Experience
The Fire
Afraid to Die
Devotion
Counting Sheep – 1937
Epic in the Morning – 1942
Letter 1 – 1942
Letter 2 – 1942
Pome to Nana from Phil – 1942
The Steeplechase – 1947
We’ve got a new house – 1950
Every ticking minute – 1951
Thank You Note – 1955
The Mare – 1956
Poem on a Turnpike
Plan Ahead – 1956
First came the pot – 1956
Limericks
Merrily We Roll Along – 1938
The Quilt
Our Life Together
Chapter 1: Thea’s Diary 1943-1960
1.1 Together -through 6/5/44
1.2 Philip at Sea -through 8/14/45
1.3 Together, Again -through 4/30/47
1.4 And Baby Makes Three -through 1/3/50
1.5 And Baby Makes Four -through 11/8/52
1.6 And Baby Makes Five -through 5/1/53
1.7 Long Island -through 1/3/55
1.8 Offers -through March 1957
1.9 Chicago, Here We Come -through 1960
Chapter 2: Log of Our Travels by Thumb 1943-1944
2.1 Short Trips
2.2 New York to Colorado
2.3 Colorado to New York
Chapter 3: Five Letters 1949-1956
3.1 Letter One: 1949
3.2 Letter Two: 1950
3.3 Letter Three: 1953
3.4 Letter Four: 1955
3.5 Letter Five: 1955-6
Chapter 5: Retirement 1991
The Great Prince of Plasticity
Thea’s Words
They Should All Be Hugged and Kissed
Chapter 4: William Prager: Personal Recollections – 1985
Chapter 6: After 1991
Journal 1995
Holland & Greece 1994
The Seaman
Chapter 1: Letter to Antiochians 1944
Chapter 2: Letters from Sea 1944
2.0 Log of the Trip
2.1 Across the Atlantic
2.2 In the Mediterranean
2.3 Port Augusta, Sicily
2.4 Bari, Italy
2.5 Brindisi, Italy
2.6 Interlude
2.7 Messing About the Mediterranean
2.8 Second Front
2.9 Homeward Bound
Chapter 3: Letters from Sea 1945
3.0 Nettleton News – June
3.1 At Sea – July
3.2 Panama – September
3.3 At Sea Past Eniwetok – October
3.4 In Yokohama Harbor – October
3.5 Telegram – December
Letters
Groundhog Letters 1970-1979
pre GHD-1970
GHD-1971
GHD-1972
GHD-1973
GHD-1974
GHD-1975
GHD-1976
GHD-1977
GHD-1978
GHD-1979
Groundhog Letters 1980-1989
GHD-1980
GHD-1981
GHD-1982
GHD-1983
GHD-1984
GHD-1985
GHD-1986
GHD-1987
GHD-1988
GHD-1989
Groundhog Letters 1990-1999
GHD-1990
GHD-1991
GHD-1992
GHD-1993
GHD-1994
GHD-1995
GHD-1996
GHD-1997
GHD-1998
GHD-1999
Groundhog Letters 2000-2008
GHD-2000
GHD-2001
GHD-2002
GHD-2003
GHD-2004
GHD-2005
GHD-2006
GHD-2007
GHD-2008
GHD-Final
Other Letters
On the Death of my Father
My Mother
Nonagenarian Natterings
Playreading Blurbs
An Enemy Of The People 2012
Halfway up the Tree 2012
The Tavern 2012
Liliom 2012
You Can’t Take it with You 2012
Opera Reviews
Read the Opera Reviews
Icebreakers
Musings
On Being 91
Puns
Contact
Etc.
“Willy” by Sue 1963
Minneapolis Star Tribune 1986
Longfellow Messenger 1987
Thea’s Obituary 2008
Philip’s Obituary 2014
Groundhog Letters 1980-1989
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GHD-1981
GHD-1982
GHD-1983
GHD-1984
GHD-1985
GHD-1986
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GHD-1988
GHD-1989
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