Lawrence Edward Hinchee
Bio
I am a new author. I wrote my memoir Silent Cries and it is available on Amazon.com. I am new to writing and most of my writing has been for academia. I possess an MBA from Regis University in Denver, CO. I reside in Roanoke, VA.
Stories (128/0)
After the fire is gone
Love is where you find it is how this song starts out. They follow up with after the fire is gone. Conway and Loretta were one of the best duets in country music during the 1970's. No one can tell a story like they can. But what is it that they are doing in this song? One answer, cheating. But what causes one spouse to step out on the other one? What is the reason for so many divorces? There are many but infidelity is one of them.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee3 years ago in Humans
The Bull Riders
The bull was raging in the ring where the rodeo was going on. The rider had already been thrown and severely injured. They had to get the rider out quick. The rodeo clowns distracted the raging animal, who had just thrown another cowboy. The rodeo clowns earn their money and are able to get yet another cowboy out safely.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee3 years ago in Fiction
He stood up for us
Someone wrote a story about the face of courage. The girl who withdrew from the Olympics because of mental health issues. I have a person that I respected and admired. He accepted his diagnosis with grace, and it's ugly truth with dignity and respect. In December 1984, a young boy from Kokomo, Indiana. He was a boy of just thirteen and he got sick, with a bad bloody nose. His mother took no chances as Ryan was a hemophiliac and rushed her boy to the hospital. They ran some test and it came back that Ryan had contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program was named for a courageous young man named Ryan White who was diagnosed with AIDS following a blood transfusion in December 1984. Ryan White was diagnosed at age 13 while living in Kokomo, Indiana and was given six months to live. When Ryan White tried to return to school, he fought AIDS-related discrimination in his Indiana community. Along with his mother Jeanne White Ginder, Ryan White rallied for his right to attend school - gaining national attention - and became the face of public education about his disease. Surprising his doctors, Ryan White lived five years longer than predicted. He died in April 1990, one month before his high school graduation and only months before Congress passed the legislation bearing his name in August 1990 - the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee3 years ago in Pride
The Trees on both sides
This tree has sat stubborn in the middle of a major battle ground, seemingly to be the source of whatever the North or South could get for their families back home. But how is this one tree putting out so much fruit? But what fruit is it putting out? I happened to come by here earlier this morning and stole some samples from the tree and I haven't eat yet because our supply lines have been hit yet again. Now is the time I will sample the delightfulness of the nectar. No matter how hard each side has fought, they have managed to keep the big tree standing and upright. It seems as if this is a conscious effort by both sides. It is as if a forward observer is using it as reference point and you know they aren't going to destroy their benchmark.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee3 years ago in Fiction
Where will it lead?
Eighty-five years ago, the world was changing and for the worse. Nazi Germany was rising to power, the axis of evils were beginning to form. In 1936, in Berlin the Olympic games were already in progress. This was three years before the start of World War 2. I took a walking tour of Munich and they told us that at a pub in Munich that you had to give the Nazi salute on one side of the pub but not the other and that everyone walked around to avoid giving the Nazi salute. In 1936 an American, Jesse Owens won the Gold Medal for his event and Hitler wouldn't meet the medal winners from other countries just from Germany. The Olympic Commission told Hitler he had to meet all the gold medal winners or none at all, so he chose for none. In this photo you will see Owens proudly saluting the American Flag when the National Anthem was played. The Olympics should be free from politics. Picture Owens proudly saluting the American Flag.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee3 years ago in The Swamp
I get a little lonely
My first month in the Mainz area of Germany was getting to know the area and the people. I loved the fact that everything was much closer together and that I could actually get around. I was given a directive by my first sergeant that I was to coach his son's soccer team that was in need of a coach because I was in need of something to do besides get drunk.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee3 years ago in Wander
Han's big allergy
The times were different back then, he was an important man in his job and she was his mistress. It was the second world war and Germany was just gearing up it's big war machine. This man's wife was out of town when he recognized her getting off of the rail car for in processing. Anna Beth was unknown to his wife, but he was also a bully to his wife and now he would have his chance to rekindle with her. She was half German and Half Jew. Now she was arriving at the toughest women's POW Camp of Ravensbruck. After she showered, she was instructed to wait for the camp Commander Hans Mueller. She waited as instructed and was told she would be caring for his child while his wife ran errands, and would also, be in his bed again. If not she would be beaten and starved.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee3 years ago in Fiction
Loving a gay soldier
I had just arrived back from five weeks of training exercises and had everything to put away. It was just past 2000 hours, 800pm for you civilian minded people. I received a call from my boyfriend Hans, wanting to talk, but my sergeant told him we weren't available yet. He said to tell him he wanted to see me tomorrow, which was fine with me as it had been five weeks since I last saw him, I couldn't wait. I called him and he said come over the next day when I got off duty and I did.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee3 years ago in Pride
Many knew the cost
When I was growing up in the 1960's and 1970's as a gay boy we didn't have any role models to look too. I do apologize for the length of this post, I know it definitely will hit the 600 word mark. Most younger generation LGBTQ will ask why are so many people coming out in their fifties and sixties? Or as my first boyfriend said, I love you late bloomers. We had no one to look up too and if you read some of these examples listed below, you will understand why, starting with Mr. Rohrer. I, like Mr. Rohrer of the Dallas Cowboys had no positive role models. But Mr. Rohrer was told if he was gay, then it would destroy his football career. Jeffrey Charles Rohrer (born December 25, 1958) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Yale University and was drafted in the second round of the 1982 NFL Draft. Early life and collegiate career
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee3 years ago in Pride
Best Fireworks
This team needs no introduction to the world of Major League Baseball. For thirty years the people and the city and county of Denver fought to bring a professional baseball team to the Mile High City. In 1991, Major League Baseball rewarded the city with an expansion franchise That would be called the Colorado Rockies. Their first game would not be played for two years yet, but there was already excitement building around the team. With the ownership group of the Monfort Brothers and Gerry McMcmorris, we had a busy two years ahead.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee3 years ago in Unbalanced
This song comes from the bible
Turn! Turn!, which was released on December 6, 1965. The Byrds' single is the most successful recorded version of the song, having reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts and number 26 on the UK Singles Chart. The lyrics of Pete Seeger's song “To Everything There Is a Season” were taken word for word from the Bible (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8). The only words Seeger added were “Turn! Turn! Turn!” and “I swear it's not too late.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee3 years ago in Beat
SW Virginia Finally wins LLWS
The green grassy fields have seen their last game of the season, but for one fortunate team their season lives on. It was a long hard season on these boys, hard fought, grueling travel schedule, rain outs rescheduled games, heated arguments. But for the most part it has been fun for player and parent alike. Now onto the their next destination, Williamsport, PA where the Little League World Series is played. These players have never been there before and they are excited, pumped to be the first ever from their region to represent their region in the double elimination tournament. You can't blame them for being confident, because they had some tough games, but then again so have the other teams.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee3 years ago in Unbalanced