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New Adventures in our 1957 Plymouth Plaza

April 26, 2017Gordon Ficke

In the late summer or early fall of 1966 our 1957 Volkswagen bug broke down for the last and final

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AutomotiveWriting Samples

Cadillac’s Most Expensive Model for 1958!

April 18, 2017Gordon Ficke

I was absolutely flabbergasted! This was a dream come true for me. Right in front of me was # 170

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TravelWriting Samples

Salzburg, “The Hills are Alive”

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

When you mention Salzburg, Austria, it’s natural to think of the 1965 Oscar winning film “The Sound of Music” with

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Budapest, “The City of Statues”

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

Following the M-1 freeway in our rented Opel Vectra station wagon, the four of us breezed in to Budapest, a

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TravelWriting Samples

The Real Santa’s Workshop…Sieffen, Germany

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

Do you know where Santa’s workshop is? Since we were tiny tots we were told that it’s up at the

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Don’t Miss Costa Rica’s Amazing Wildlife!

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

From the screeching Scarlet Macaws preparing to fly each day at 3:00 p.m. along the pristine black sand beaches of

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Personal ExperienceWriting Samples

Cogs, Balance Springs and Pistons

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

Did you know that there are several “Swiss watch connections” with regards to automobiles? Discounting, of course, the watches most

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Personal ExperienceWriting Samples

Do you have a knife in your bag?

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

My face dropped, and there was an eerie silence as other travelers having their bags checked and X-ray scanned, all

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Personal ExperienceWriting Samples

Whack, Zip, Zap! What did I cut now?

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

Whack, zip, zap! The ride-on lawnmower sliced through the high weeds that bordered our property and the neighbours, with the

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Personal ExperienceWriting Samples

Finding a good wristwatch…

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

As a seventeen-year old teenager the last thing I wanted to do on a hot July day, was work. Especially

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Editors or Publishers wishing to purchase an article please e-mail a freelance writing agreement or contract to gficke@okanagan.net or mail to:

Gordon H. Ficke
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V4T 1A2 Canada

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