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David K. Lemons

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in Arkansas, The United States
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Began life in southwest Arkansas, moving to Louisiana and Mississipi, then Texas where I began school in Houston area: Stafford, Bellaire and South Houston. Attended Pasadena High School TX (football & track). Meanwhile, rough-necked in the oilfield until I joined the US Army. Attended colleges: The Citadel SC--track, U.S.M.A.--West Point NY--track & field, Sam Houston State U TX (also U. Puebla, Mexico). Utah State--Farsi training, U Houston TX, U of Chicago IL, Florida State, Served in Peace Corps--Iran, Later Raytheon--Jeddah. Saudi Arabia, Hellenic-American Union --Greece. USAID--Zambia, Algerian Petroleum Institue--Oran, Aramco Saudi Arabia--Dhahran ; Bechtel and later Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Cultural Mission (SACM) in Washington ...more

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David K. Lemons While he was living in the African bush, He saw an article in the paper sent from his mother that his old girlfriend had died in a terrible car wreck …moreWhile he was living in the African bush, He saw an article in the paper sent from his mother that his old girlfriend had died in a terrible car wreck in which she was decapitated. 40 years later he sees Karen convalescing in a retirement home while he's visiting a cousin.(less)
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"McCullough turns John Adams’ life into an honest epic. He is a master at scene-painting, capturing the rooms, the weather, the smell of the harbor, and he anchors everything in letters, diaries, and dispatches rather than guesswork. He doesn’t play a" Read more of this review »
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I remember how much I liked reading Mrs. Bridge. I should have read her first, but I had stumbled upon Mr. Bridge several years before while browsing in a used bookshop, as is my wont. Not because I'm cheap, not by a longshot, but I love thumbing thr ...more
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December 1967. It was cold and wet in Seattle. It's kind of interesting that you can get 'settle' out of Seattle and the 'sea' and 'least' and 'taste', etc. I was rooming with a good friend as I thought I was settling down in graduate school and UW, ...more
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Engaging in the beginning, and I was hoping to enjoy a good nordic noir; but I gave it up after 2 or 3 chapters. I thought I was getting jaded on the genre until I read "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo". But readers have regrets in not finishing a boo ...more
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“Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.”
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“We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.”
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“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.”
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Joan Didion
“I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.”
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David Majenta wrote: "Merry Christmas!"
And a very Merry Christmas to you Majenta. Thank you for liking my reviews as well. Stay well and let's hope 2022 will see a pivot away from so much suffering in the world.


Majenta Merry Christmas!


Majenta Hello, David! Thank you for contacting me! Happy Monday after Thanksgiving, I hope you had a good holiday weekend and I hope you'll have a great week. Congratulations on your book! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!
Best wishes from Majenta


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David And, thank you, Pam. I was impressed by your reviews and how similar our interests are. I look forward to exchanging views.


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Pam Walter David, thanks for your friendship


Richard Thanks for your friend request and your kind remark on my reviews.


Martin Hi David,

Thank you for your Goodreads friend invitation.

Cheers,
Martin


Scarlet Thanks for the add, David. Glad to connect with you on Goodreads :)


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David Caroline wrote: "Hi, David! Thanks for the friend-vite and for the nice message. :]"

I look forward to reading and discussing our mutual books. Thanks for accepting.


Caroline Hi, David! Thanks for the friend-vite and for the nice message. :]


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