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Marc Ladewig

Marc Ladewig

Bio: I'm a native Californian and the father of two grown children. I'm a swimmer, veteran, world traveler, mandolin player, language teacher and poet. I've written an original, novel length, narrative poem called Odysseus-The Epic Myth of the Hero, published by Infinity Publishing.com, available on Amazon.com.

Genres: poetry, fiction

Main Website:: www.odysseseusepicmythhero.com

Other Websites: www.livejournal.com/

Publishing Credits: Odysseus-The Epic Myth of the Hero, Infinity Publishing.com 2007
The Daemons of Leisure- Straylight Magazine Spring 2008
The Choice- Inverted A-Horn May 2008

Influences: Homer, Darwin, Lincoln, Whitman, Rumi, Shakespeare, Henry Miller

Favourite Books: The Iliad, The Odyssey, Origin of Species, Leaves of Grass, Complete Works of Rumi, King Lear, The Time of the Assassins

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When Travels Are Wide, Experience Varies

When travels are wide, experience varies. I think this comes from Candide by …

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Posted by Marc Ladewig on July 13th, 2008 at 5:57pm — No Comments (Add)

A Journey To San Pedro- Part Two

There’s a certain nightmare that we’ve all had. You suddenly appear naked in front of a group of people. There’s a certain fear all travelers have that is an expletive deleted nightmare. Losing your passport.

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Posted by Marc Ladewig on July 12th, 2008 at 11:06pm — No Comments (Add)

A Journey To San Pedro- Part One

I have the great pleasure to announce that I was recently married.

Annika and I are going to Guatemala for our…

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Posted by Marc Ladewig on July 9th, 2008 at 7:40pm — No Comments (Add)

A Day Off By Any Other Name Is Still A Day Off

The Sabbath. The Day of Rest. The built in holiday of every week. And one of the Ten Commandments, no less. The world took six days for God to create and on the seventh, he rested. We are commanded to do no less. It’s interesting that we had to be thou-shalt-ed to cease laboring one day in seven when work is supposedly a curse laid upon…

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Posted by Marc Ladewig on July 6th, 2008 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments (Add)

Water Creations

Cloud, Snow and Sea are all aspects of water. Water is the underlying essence of the title of my blog. I love and revere water. I’ve swum in the sea since I was a small child. I wrote an original novel length narrative poem about Odysseus , the Greek hero of the Trojan War who devised the Trojan…

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Posted by Marc Ladewig on July 5th, 2008 at 6:27pm — No Comments (Add)