Author: Eric Leroy

And then the Gathering of Apples

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   One of these days soon, it will be the evening of Halloween in America. End of October, and where I lived the autumn was rich and full of luster in the days — carnage of red, orange, yellow, and copper leaves tumbling from the trees amid the wind-blown avenues and hilly lanes. It was as if autumn were a magnificent old woman, nubile in the springtime, fecund
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How to Deal With Bosses

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This morning I had a skype lesson with a longstanding friend and student in Moscow. Unless they are lawyers or bankers, I never know what the people in all these offices actually do. I see only that they sit in front of computers. But I trust that my student/friend Ksenia is highly competent, reliable, and dedicated. Her company has (of course !) downsized recently, and now she
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Why Marriage and the Marriage Hearse?

Marriage is a topic I really shouldn’t weigh in about, at least not what makes a successful one. I won’t tell you how many times I have done it, but it’s been more than once, and, if you want a clue, how many fingers do you have on each hand (unless you have lost a couple in an industrial accident) ?. Second hint:, I have had wives of four different
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The Grip of Power

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Of the many wise sayings I have heard over the years, one of the most impressive goes like this: “If you want to know what a person is really like, give him Power.”  (Him or HER, doesn’t matter — same result.)  Wow. So, if I understand correctly, the acquisition of decisive power does not really change people, it just brings out what was in them all
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Magic in the Metro and Music in the Street

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You know, sometimes I get tired of the sound of my own voice. It should come as no secret to anyone who has ever attempted to write to an audience — especially if you are a journalist — that the idea is to grab people’s attention. And what better way — aside from giving blood-curdling descriptions (fortified by graphic photos) of decapitated heads and dismembered bodies —

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