Harry Hero is a collaborative family writing project. He began as typing practice for author #6 in the mid-seventies. Authors M, 1, 4, 5, 7, spontaneously and sarcastically contributed until Harry took on a life and momentum of his own. He was reborn as a Christmas project in the early nineties and again as a web project in the new millennium. Once more Harry has risen from near tragic and certain literary deaths to live again as blog practice. Bulwer-Lytton judges take note.

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It seems I have suffered and survived a few insults and injuries to my cranium, thus my memory does not lend itself to one seamless life I could call my own. Instead, my life seems to be one dim episode after another documented by a random and rather odd conglomeration of assorted biographers who, for some bizarre reason, seem compelled to document my trials as if I were a remarkable hero. Heroism can take many forms. Perhaps it is finding fresh strawberries in November for the Manhattan socialite's crepes as she breaks her fast. Perhaps it is found in a multitude of skills, lucky breaks and death defying feats. It may be true that piloting my faithful rig, Betsy, through the Canadian Rockies is not for the weak of spirit, mind or body; I claim no special talents other than devoted love and endless hope. Love of a good truck, a good cup coffee and a good adventure. Hope of self-actualization and...Sophie? If you desire a chronological –not necessarily logical- plotline begin reading at the January 26 2006 post - The Not So Constant Gardener - and follow subsequent postings to present day.

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Thursday, February 23, 2006

Harry camps out


Sophie had the best of everything in camping gear and then some. In minutes, she had made camp, and was spreading out a large topo map on the grass. Harry was fully prepared to admire her thoroughness and cringed inwardly remembering that he had told her he had lost his own equipment. He revised his assessment when she opened a foam lined Cordova case and took out two guns. She was perhaps too thorough. She looked up and asked, “How are you at guerilla warfare?



“Huh?” said Harry. She laughed.
“Some friends of mine are staging a war game here. My partner couldn’t make it, and I need somebody to fill in. We have to stop the red team form crossing the river --- with these.” She gestured at the guns. “They shoot fluorescent dye. When you’re hit, you’re out of the game.” She gazed at him steadily. Her green eyes gleamed in the sunlight. “What do you say, Harry Hero?”


To be continued...

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