Page 1 of Christofer French's writing

1. A Fable - A Doppelganger with No Birth Certificate Runs for Mayor in Amerikus I am the Mayor of Amerikus. Micah Sampson. It is a job that has fallen to me because I am a curmudgeon and honest. The three other fellas in town who have had this position in the past have put the town through too much unpredictability and... (posted by Christofer 2 days 7 hours ago.)

2. The Nemesis’ Labels Never Stuck. The Iconoclast moved too Fast! In 8 th grade I had a Nemesis. He thought I was too good looking, so he called me a Fag. He thought my grades were too high, so he called me a “Brown Noser” . He thought the girls paid too much attention to me, so he called me a... (posted by Christofer 4 days 6 hours ago.)

3. “Friend Frenzy” Getting Personal with a Mouse, But Little Else The history of humanity is laced with elegant, rhythmic and elemental ways of sending out the messages from hill top to glen, from tower to city square, through drums and bagpipes, and TV and radio and public announcements. Big messages about... (posted by Christofer 9 days 7 hours ago.)

4. “The Lady’s Not for Burning”, But Mother is for Learning “The Lady’s Not for Burning”, But Mother is for Learning She went to the University of Iowa and “paled around” with Tennessee Williams. As much as you could pal around with Tennessee, a short, funny-voiced charmer... (posted by Christofer 14 days 7 hours ago.)

5. Amidst the War and Lust of the 16th Century, Henry VIII authorized the first “English Bible”! Movies, novels and legends abound about Queen Elizabeth’s Father – King Henry VIII. He had six wives and four children and the lore increases as the generations and centuries pass. There is considerable history concerning Henry about... (posted by Christofer 18 days 12 hours ago.)

6. Nearer Than Hands and Feet If God is “nearer than hands and feet”, an idea that I have nurtured since my youth, then speaking to God was a constant possibility. Pray Without Ceasing Once, I asked my mother what Paul meant when he said: “Pray without... (posted by Christofer 22 days 7 hours ago.)

7. The Viking, the Chippewa, the Viet Cong, the Red Neck Vietnam Vets, and the Crazy Preacher All of us guys were glad to have jobs in the winter of 1979 in Chicago, in a steel yard, off of Addison Boulevard, not far from Lake Michigan. It was a company for the collection of scaffolding used in construction. My new girl friend wondered... (posted by Christofer 28 days 12 hours ago.)

8. Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez Inspire Me to Try to Liberate Some Spare Time I recently saw the Movie, “The Way”, starring Martin Sheen and directed by his son, Emilio Estevez. It is not a big hit, but it is a charming movie that did have a profound effect on me. I am a natural sucker for pilgrimage tales... (posted by Christofer 35 days 11 hours ago.)

9. Swamped in a Stream, Seeing Sausages Swimming in Syrup “Near Drowning Whets the Appetite for God and Food” The Land of 10,000 Lakes is linked by even more streams. It was 1966, and I was a camper amongst 10 led by a Mad Man from Tennessee. We were on a special Canoe Trip. It was... (posted by Christofer 41 days 5 hours ago.)

10. Driven to "Noodle" for the Benefit of My Compatriots I have been driven my whole life, and so, at the urging of others and my own incarnate programming I must ask myself this question: “What Drives My Writing?” Forgive me, but I almost thought this was too heavy a rock for me to turn... (posted by Christofer 48 days 8 hours ago.)

11. Potential Possible Putative Post Ideas for Articles on WryteStuff.com Two Defining Moments in My Life . Often times it is easy to think about certain important times in our lives without understanding them. Usually there are dramatic and important and sometimes exciting occurrences in which we were challenged or... (posted by Christofer 55 days 9 hours ago.)

12. A Good Read Beguiles Me like Neat Liquor and a Meal Antipasto My eyes and my tongue began with that Antipasto. My mouth was watering because of the salted simplicity of one particular item. Saliva and a smle. The intro was so easy to appreciate in its simplicity and attraction. That is... (posted by Christofer 64 days 12 hours ago.)

13. “Who Dat Seein’ Me in da Dark Woods?” As a minister in the early 70’s I went duck hunting with a group of Cajuns in Southwestern Louisiana near Oberlin. They were kind to the young, wet behind the ears, preacher as we gathered our provisions and necessaries. They also gave me... (posted by Christofer 68 days 7 hours ago.)

14. "I am Spartacus!" - The High Art of Fortunate Friendships If you don’t remember the movie in the early 60’s, I will briefly describe: The Romans have corralled the rebellious slaves on a hill. They are calling for their famous leader, the Greek, Spartacus, since his appearance is unknown... (posted by Christofer 72 days 10 hours ago.)

15. Harvesting Wonderful Dream Things This has happened to me before. A Dreamy Positive Wonderful state comes over me. In fact, it is this dreamy positive wonderful dream that is the first thing I officially “like”; when I muster my meditative contemplations about the... (posted by Christofer 79 days 8 hours ago.)

16. Magdalena's Kids? - A Short Story My 1987 Jeep Wrangler Makes it a Real Rocky Mountain Ride I drove my old 1987 Jeep Wrangler over the rough Rocky Mountain roads to my grandparents in Southern Colorado, near Alamosa. My 5 day beard growth made me feel like I would fit with my... (posted by Christofer 85 days 8 hours ago.)

17. Developing Levity in the Face of Life’s Brevity “I sang this first in the early 40’s, before I met your Mother. Then in the late 40’s, just before your birth I sang it again. This little depression era hit, I sang again when we moved all four of you kids to New York, then... (posted by Christofer 93 days 7 hours ago.)

18. Through Everyday...Turn, Turn, Turn (Vert, Vert, Vert)...Ambiversion “Oh Chris.” We had just danced up a storm. I was sweating, So was she. But we both kissed as we let the wind cool us at the back door of the Night Club. “God, you are such an extrovert, you know so many people!” “I... (posted by Christofer 99 days 12 hours ago.)

19. Five Murdered People on the Bridge? “There you are standing at this stone bridge. People breezing by, full of their lives, preoccupied with action and acquisition. Anticipating eating, ruminating. Lusting. Wanting the girl coming at them, desiring that gent in great garb. Look... (posted by Christofer 109 days 2 hours ago.)

20. Overhearing a Revolutionary Plot I scooched over to her there under the old gnarly tree at the end of an old stony street. She giggled. She put the wine skin up to her pretty mouth and opened up for a generous swallow. She pulled the skin away and I kissed her a big one. The... (posted by Christofer 115 days 10 hours ago.)

21. Relaxing on the Gulf Coast of Texas with my Reptilian Brain I don’t remember where I first heard this well known quip: “Where ever you go, there you are!” As a very young man, I laughed at that and kept saying it over and over again. This of course has been a long term lament. Until I... (posted by Christofer 120 days 11 hours ago.)

22. Flaming Hot, Flaming Out or Flaming Over the Long Term We have all been bemused by those initial feelings, those in between states, and the longer term inner bewildering biochemical stages. And “Lust” has beguiled us all in various ways at various times in our lives. Using ourselves as... (posted by Christofer 123 days 1 hour ago.)

23. The Sewer Rat With a Silk Purse Beneath the long arched bridge near the Palace is a population of lost children, bums, derelicts, and people who have lost all knowledge of who they are. This group moves about through the many stone corridors that wind through the city; along... (posted by Christofer 129 days 9 hours ago.)

24. Fast Action - Strike While the Iron is Hot - Seize the Day In an uncertain world, in which people observe the calamities of inaction, we have developed over the centuries common universal advisories: We will discuss these aphorisms and then make a dual observation that we should act more quickly and... (posted by Christofer 130 days 8 hours ago.)

25. Unusual Day – Playing a “Dissolute English Lord” in my First Movie It was October 21, 2009. I was unemployed and therefore “free to be in a movie”. My friend Kim, a paralegal who I met first in 1988 at one of the largest law firms in Denver, was also mad for the movies. When I say “mad for the... (posted by Christofer 135 days 10 hours ago.)