Day: June 11, 2025

Swamped

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that he had truly learned how to cook. Jonathan and Logan cleaned
up the table, took the dishes to the sink and rinsed them, and Alex
loaded them in the dishwasher, while Eteo went to his office to make
a few phone calls to inform more clients about the new Target Resources
company and the shares he recommended for them. Meanwhile
Jonathan sat down at the family room table and did some
homework while Logan went out to meet his new flame, as he called
his new girlfriend, and Alexander got busy with his play station.

Next day Eteo arrived in the office at 6:10, well before Helena, but almost
as soon as he turned his computer on, Logan walked in. Herbert
was not far behind, smiling and chuckling.
“Let’s look at the opening orders” he said to Eteo and stood behind
him. Eteo went to the page that showed the buying and selling
orders for Platinum Properties. Pointing to two orders from Pacific
Trends, he confirmed to Herbert that they were both his orders.
“Could I buy a few more shares, Eteo, before these two orders?”
“We bought you some yesterday morning, remember?”
“Yes, I know, and here is my cheque, by the way.” Herbert handed
Eteo a cheque for yesterday’s purchase and what he was planning to
buy today. “For another 30,000 shares,” he explained.
Eteo wrote the buying order and turned to his client.
“I should go to the trading desk to instruct the head trader in
person about who’s first and who’s second. I’ll be right back.”
He needed to get to the trading desk quickly. It was almost time
for the opening bell. By the time he got back to his office, trading had
begun and a beaming Herbert had his extra 30,000 shares. With that,
the always smiling investor walked out, though not before promising
to keep Eteo in the loop.
The rest of the morning unfolded like any other trading day.
Eteo’s other orders were in line, and he steadily picked up more shares
of Platinum Properties and allocated them to the six clients he had
selected while keeping a steady eye on the price of the stock, which
moved up slightly into the low forties.

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Still Waters

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Chapter Four
Weary after her busy day, Tyne lay in bed, her new Bible propped
open on her knees. Although her eyes were on the page in front of
her, she was not reading. Too many images chased each other through
her weary mind, and she could not exorcise them. One moment she
saw Jeannette Aubert clutching her rosary; the next moment Adeline
Koffer’s family intertwined with the image of old Mrs. Forsyth fighting
for every breath beneath the oxygen mask that covered her nose
and mouth.
And, interposed between those pictures, the handsome face of
Cameron Tournquist flashed unbidden and unwelcome. She had
spoken to him for only a minute before leaving the ward at the end
of her shift. Why should his face be almost constantly before her
now?
She recognized that her turbulent thoughts did not come only
from Cameron or the patients on her ward. Her roommate, Carol
Ann, was also having an unsettling effect on Tyne. She had seen
again the distress in Curly’s eyes when the three girls met in their
room shortly after three o’clock. When Maureen began to tease the
curly-haired girl about her attachment to the operating room, Carol
Ann answered her sharply and stormed out, slamming the door behind
her.
Maureen’s obvious hurt prompted Tyne to say gently, “Leave her
alone, Moe. There’s something bothering her.”
“Sorry.” Moe had looked repentant. “But I always thought she
loved being kidded about the OR. I’ve never known her to react like
that.”

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Übermensch

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Promise

And we promised never to deny Him, not even

for a night or day, not for a single moment, even

when He spoke to the fallen tree or to those ancient

ghosts that often passed through our minds.

Endless famine of our race, queen of our bellies,

slowly crawled on wet cobblestones like our childish

innocence, and we asked Him to continue His teaching

and He liked us because we chose to be scattered

into innumerable pieces that the wind may blow us

to the opposite shore. He liked us, because

we disdained everything, even the secret, for our

sacrifice. Übermensch smiled and said,

‘it was all good.’

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Αλέξανδρος Ίσαρης, Μες στο χώμα καληνύχτα

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Αλέξανδρος Ίσαρης, Μες στο χώμα καληνύχτα