Category: terminal cancer

• On A Warm Halloween, Here’s Something For You

  [The author at Highgate Cemetery, September, 2024. London. Photo is mine.] When I was a child, I was afraid of ghosts. When I grew up, I realized people are more scary. ~~Anon Once more, another year, another Halloween and another opportunity for me to share something spooky with you. No ghost photos this year. Not…

  patrickjegan

  October 30, 2024

  death, Dreams, Fables & Folklore, Ghost Story, Ghosts, Holding onto the Past, marriage, Melancholy Thoughts, moon, owego ny, Short Fiction, Spring Season, terminal cancer, winter

  #evergreencemeteryowegony, #originalghoststory, #TheWormMoon, death, nature, owego ny, poetry, winter, writing

• A Memory Is Immortality

  To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. —Anon I stood and stared at the box. I was alone. All the relatives, guests and friends had left after the service. The room was quiet except for the almost imperceptible recorded tones of funeral music. I stood several feet away from the box,…

  patrickjegan

  February 10, 2022

  brothers, Childhood, Cremation, death, Family, Holding onto the Past, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, owego ny, Real Personal History, terminal cancer, Uncategorized

  Immortality, memories of childhood, stories

• Donkey Oatie, The Atlantic Ocean and More: A True Story

  [Pam.  Photo: Patrick Egan] Every so often I run across someone with a story to tell.  Often, the encounter is in a pub in New York City, Yuma, Arizona, Juneau, Alaska or someplace in between.  For example: About twenty-five years ago I met a guy who claimed he had parachuted off one of the Twin…

  patrickjegan

  July 31, 2017

  Blogging, Dreams, Memories, New York City, North Country Life, terminal cancer, Travels, Uncategorized

  Atlantic Ocean, cross-country hike, donkeys, journeys, stories