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We are all told, “live your life to the fullest”;  I am here to do just that. The Bard's Contrarian Bar serves as a vessel to project my passions and clue in my loyal readers as to what inspires me in this crazy world. So, sit back, relax, and read on.

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Bernice and Garry: Requiem and Godspeed

Requiem Today, 20 months after her passing, I find this memory, above all others, to hold the essence of the woman I knew and loved. ...

Bernice and Garry: Love Finds a Home

February 17, 2012 marks the one year anniversary of the passing of my beloved Bernice. This post will begin with Bernice Remembered,...

Bernice and Garry: Prelude to a Kiss

Oh! How my love song gently cries For the tenderness within your eyes My love is a prelude that never dies A Prelude to a kiss Duke...

Bernice and Garry: Sweetness and Light

It is easier to remember “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune”, the tragedies, the down times. Happiness is generally something...

Bernice and Garry: Glacier Express

It’s October now and what should have become a budding romance has become more like an old-fashioned barnstorming air show. The featured...

Reflections on a Happy Birthday

October 1st is Bernice’s birthday. It had long been the family’s intention to honor her wishes to have her ashes scattered from her...

Bernice and Garry: Global Warming

My resentment of the Literacy Ladies began to wane fairly early in the game. Turns out, they only met twice a week for one hour sessions....

Bernice and Garry: The Beginning

“Of all the gin joints in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” Humphrey Bogart as Rick in Casablanca On a cool...

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