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The Spark of Life – A Self-reminiscence on my 84th Birthday – Essay 5
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By Mathias Freese Thoreau said it best, “to live deliberately,” probably the best use of anadverb in the English language. Yet, how do we go about livingmoment to moment? The answer is written on the wind. As my humanmechanism deliberately falls prey to aging, I see less clearly at nightat…
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In the Throes: 5 Star Review from Readers’ Favorite
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Reviewed by Pikasho Deka for Readers’ Favorite Set in a brutal apocalyptic world with two suns, Mathias B. Freese’s In The Throes follows the story of a creature that unexpectedly attains awareness. The only thing Gruff’s undeveloped mind could fathom as he opened his eyes to the world was that…
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I Chisel my Petroglyphs – Essay 4
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By Mathias Freese In 1974 an editor, without my knowledge, submitted my story, “Herbie,”to Martha Foley, editor of the prestigious annual anthology, The BestAmerican Short Stories of 1974. In a section called “Distinctive ShortStories of 1974.” I was listed, unfortunately, with the wrong author’sname. That is another story. I was…
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Awareness to Awareness – Essay 3
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By Mathias Freese At a summer’s writers conference in Athens State University inAlabama, I was on a panel with a media specialist [Caylah Coffeen of Creative Cornerstones] and two other writers. The panel met after I had taught a workshop on self-awareness — or what Khrishnamurti called the awakening of…