The Writings of Chris Orozco
Fiction, Non-fiction, Thoughts, Meditations, and Musings on Life and Death, Family and Friends, Current Issues and History, Nature and Gardens, Spirituality and Faith, and Everything In-Between & Beyond.
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Sebastian – Non-Fiction Short Story Excerpt
Sebastian - Non-Fiction Short Story Excerpt Opening Paragraph … and then he paused and looked at me for a moment and smiled, not the smile of a street jokester or comedy club hopeful, but the smile...
My Friend Jackie – Non-Fiction Story Excerpt
My Friend Jackie - Non-Fiction Story Excerpt December 2016 Late Christmas Eve. We had just arrived home from our traditional tamale dinner at my sister’s home and I sat down at my desk for a...
Sleepwalk – Non-Fiction Story Excerpt – “As I walked over the playground towards…where our 7th grade classroom was, all of a sudden, I was surrounded by a pack of boys from my class all shouting and waving their arms and I noticed also a group of the girls a little farther on watching all the commotion around me”.
Introduction: "Sleepwalk" is a non-fiction story - essentially a coming-of-age story - and the title of the story, "Sleepwalk", comes from the instrumental hit of the late Fifties (Santo &...
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Слава Господу ми живі! – Thank God We’re Alive!
Слава Господу ми живі! - Thank God we're alive! *** Introduction - Вступ On the early morning of July 2, an obviously beautiful summer morning in Kyiv, Maxim, from his 11th story apartment, took the...
Postcard Stories – Jeanne Hebuterne – 1919 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian, 1884-1929 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Amedeo Modigliani - Jeanne Hébuterne - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Postcard Stories – Jeanne Hebuterne - 1919 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian, 1884-1929 – The Metropolitan Museum of ART *** A...
Bishop Avraamiy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine looks at the burning Dormition Cathedral during a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 15, 2026 – Єпископ Авраамій Православної Церкви України дивиться на палаючий Собор Успіння під час російського удару по Києву, Україна, 15 червня 2026 року.
*** Bishop Avraamiy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine looks at the burning Dormition Cathedral during a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 15, 2026. Єпископ Авраамій Православної Церкви...
He Always Wants Me to Rub His Bare Back, After I Tell Him a Story, or Something that Jesus Did or He Reads Me the Story He Wrote While Listening to Me – Always Wanting Just Two More Minutes of His Back Rub.
He always wants me to rub his bare back, after I tell him a story, or something that Jesus did or he reads me the story he wrote while listening to me - always wanting just two more minutes of his...
Postcard Story – Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis – Byzantine – 500-550, with Modern Restoration
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis - Byzantine - The Metropolitan Museum of Art *** Postcard Story - Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis - Byzantine...
When I Open the Kitchen Curtains, I So Enjoy Watching the Golden Sunlight Play upon the Hills – Sunday, April 26, 2026
When I Open the Kitchen Curtains, I So Enjoy Watching the Golden Sunlight Play upon the Hills - Sunday, April 26, 2026 *** In the morning, but especially on Sunday, when I open the kitchen curtains,...
Book Review: Auschwitz: A New History – Lawrence Rees – Published in Britain by BBC Books, 2005 – Published in the United States by PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
*** Book Review: Auschwitz: A New History - Lawrence Rees - Published in Britain by BBC Books, 2005 - Published in the United States by PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group. AUSHWITZ:...
Postcard Story – Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d’Ognes (1786–1868) – Marie Denise Villers – 1801 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
*** Marie Denise Villers - Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes (1786–1868) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art *** Postcard Story – Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes (1786–1868) – Marie...
Russia’s Good Friday Message to Kyiv, My Easter Greetings to Friends in Ukraine, & A Response of Sorts – Пасхальне послання Росії до Києва, мої великодні вітання друзям в Україні та своєрідна відповідь
Russia's Good Friday Message to Kyiv, My Easter Greetings to Friends in Ukraine, & A Response of Sorts Пасхальне послання Росії до Києва, мої великодні вітання друзям в Україні та своєрідна...
An Art Musing – A Thanksgiving Portrait of a Grandson in Yellow
An Art Musing - A Thanksgiving Portrait of a Grandson in Yellow *** This photo I cherish, taken more than a decade ago, was a quick snapshot of one of my young grandsons I just happened to glance at...