Tag: Suicide Prevention
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Enter Phil Stutz – The Tools
https://www.amazon.com/The-Tools-audiobook/dp/B00870F6TA/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=stutz&qid=1668602303&sr=8-1
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The Meeting Isn’t Over Until Someone Lies
It was already warm in the terminal. Rudy loosened his tie in the reflection of the broad window between him and the tarmac outside Gate 6A of Southwest Florida International Airport. The sun’s first rays reflected off the jet bridge extending to the Airbus 319 carrying him north in less than forty-five minutes. He stepped…
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Swept Away
“At least you have closure,” Kak said, arranging the bandages, gauze pads, alcohol wipes and antiseptic gel from the shop’s first aid kit onto the table between them. “I never knew my father.” “Neither did I.” “You just scattered the ashes of a man you never met?” “Didn’t say I never met him. Said I…
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I Like Cemeteries
They’re peaceful, contemplative places that remind us life is not for long, and that if we have adventure or effort or kindness left to expend we should get on with it.
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Good as New
Aside from her clumsiness, she was nice enough. He had to give her that. But so odd. Rudy had no idea how the steaming cups of coffee between them were supposed to make up for the calamity on the beach. But with his phone out of commission he needed a ride off the island. The…
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The Gods Leave Treasures
Whoever this guy was, he’d just done a substantial face-plant in an expensive suit. “You alright?” she asked. The man on the sand didn’t respond. Not at first. Not out loud anyway. His lips moved but only in a silent conversation with someone. Himself? Kak snapped her fingers. “Hey. Bill Gates. Elon Musk. Whoever you…
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Where the Waves Died
With two minutes to go Rudy walked to where the water swirled around his ankles. His custom Bondeno dress shoes were arranged on the beach high above where the water could reach at this tide. His socks were folded and deposited in the right shoe, his silk tie rolled and neatly tucked away in the…
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