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MY ODYSSEY TO WISDOM
A Pitch for a Memoir
Oct 12
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Samuel B. Rudolph
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September 2025
LOST AND FOUND
Vietnam, the Draft, and the 1960s
Sep 7
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Samuel B. Rudolph
August 2025
THE FLEETINGNESS OF LIFE
A Poem on the Fleeting Nature of Existence
Aug 17
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Samuel B. Rudolph
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July 2025
THE GUIDING LIGHT
I have long been taken by the theme of light and darkness, a theme that runs throughout all of nature, of creation, and in ourselves.
Jul 19
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Samuel B. Rudolph
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MIRACLES: REALLY?
Einstein once said (when you’re that famous, you don’t need a first name) that some people live as though everything is a miracle; others live as though…
Jul 4
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Samuel B. Rudolph
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May 2025
TO THOSE WHO SERVED
Memorial Day, 2025 -- a day dedicated to those Americans, past and present, who have served in the armed forces of the United States.
May 26
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Samuel B. Rudolph
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April 2025
CROSSINGS TO FREEDDOM
Or Freedom Crossings
Apr 17
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Samuel B. Rudolph
March 2025
A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE NATIONS
And a Sequel in a Message to the Cosmos
Mar 15
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Samuel B. Rudolph
February 2025
A Posthumous Letter to an American President
I’ll never forget that fateful November day in 1963, now long ago in my life.
Feb 26
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Samuel B. Rudolph
January 2025
THE MAGIC KINGDOM
I am by nature an optimistic person, generally looking to possibilities more than the difficulties, to the brighter, more hopeful side of things.
Jan 30
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Samuel B. Rudolph
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Looking to a New Year
A Poem for Abundance and Joy
Jan 1
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Samuel B. Rudolph
December 2024
A LIMERICK TO MYSELF
To a Man Called Sam
Dec 8, 2024
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Samuel B. Rudolph
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