Tag: fiction

• Kicking Leaves in Owego: my imaginarium

  [On the left, in the distance, just beyond the white house, just hidden in the morning fog, is the riverbank where I played away my childhood. Photo is mine.] Great Grandpa, what’s an Imaginarium? Oh, Great Grandson, it’s like a rambling and cluttered room, an old room, a very big room. There are lots of…

  patrickjegan

  October 31, 2025

  architecture, History, Holding onto the Past, Home, Memories, owego ny, Travel Writing, Travels, Uncategorized

  #halloweenowegony, #meetingoldfriendsandclassmates, #owegonysusquehannariver, #revisitinghometown, #thejoyofkickingleaves, books, fiction, short-story, Travel, writing

• the four green fields blog13: alone at midnight in an english country churchyard

  [The Lychgate of All Saints Church in Minstead, New Forest. This gate is where the funeral party rests the coffin and meets the Vicar in preparation for the burial. Photo is mine.] ‘Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world. ~~ William Shakespeare…

  patrickjegan

  September 26, 2025

  cemeteries, death, England, Ghosts, hiking, Nature, photography, The New Forest, Travel Writing, Travels

  #aloneinanenglishcountrycemeteryatnigh, #graveofarthurconandoyle, #lyndhurstnewforest, #minsteadnewforest, #newforestfootpath, #startrailphotography, #thenewforest, #thesolent, fiction, History, nature, photography, Travel

• look homeward, sailor

  [Photo is mine.] “O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again.” ~~Thomas Wolfe. Look Homeward, Angel. I’m not a ghost, not yet anyway, but I’ve come back. Back to my hometown of Owego. I have things to do. Getting the new enhanced driver’s license is on the top of my to-do list.…

  patrickjegan

  April 23, 2025

  Childhood, death, Family, Going Away To College, Holding onto the Past, Home, In Search of Lost Time, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, owego ny, Present, Susquehanna River, Time, Travels

  #courthousesquareowegony, #hometownmemories, #owegonyfuneralhome, #returningtomyhometown, #sailorsandsoldierscivilwarmonumentowegony, #thewatchfulsailor, fantasy, fiction, owego ny, short-story, stories, writing

• The Fabulous Life of a Published Author

  Many writers dream of seeing their published works on the shelf of a bookstore.  Think of the heady feeling of walking into a Barnes & Nobel and seeing your name and book among the thousands of bestsellers.  That’s never been my goal in life.  Selling books means you make money and making money means you move…

  patrickjegan

  January 28, 2015

  Blogging, Creativity, Fame, humor, satire, Uncategorized

  Albert Einstein, Amazon, book stores, Ernest Hemingway, fame, fiction, Jennifer Egan, John Steinbeck, libraries, nonfiction, Owego NY pubic library, published authors, royalties, Saranac Lake public library, Thomas Edison

• New Blogger on Board!

  I would like this little piece of the blogosphere to be my way to share with you my photos, ideas and most importantly, fiction and non-fiction pieces I have published or are in the works.  Feel free to chat with me, challenge me and share with me the creative corners of your mind.

  patrickjegan

  July 15, 2012

  Uncategorized

  fiction, folklore, non-fiction