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Hello once again to all of you gentle readers from your old friend Gumshoe. I was recently speaking with my younger brother Dennis this...

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Promises Made are Debts Unpaid

Danny Pitocco

Hello, again my dear gentle readers. Once again this good old “Gumshoe” will humbly submit to you fine folks for your personal pondering (or...

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“Scotosis”

Danny Pitocco

Hello, once again gentle readers who desire to partake in another helping of musings from the retired Gumshoe. Sit back and have a leftover...

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Coming Out Of The Conservative Closet

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Hello, again my gentle readers who have come back to visit good old Gumshoe for another episode of my “raison d’etre”. It may surprise some...

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Partners In Time

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“Lynn Smith” exclaimed the swing-shift (1500 hours to 2300 hours) Watch Commander as I walked into his office. His back was to me as...

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Tabula Rasa

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Every so often a word or a phrase seems to capture my attention in that I can readily focus on a juncture of my...

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I Confess – Part II

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It is funny how one tale can lead to another when it leads to unlocking some memories from my brain housing group (US Marine...

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I Confess

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Greetings once again to my dear readers from “The Gumshoe” as I submit to you another “truth stranger than fiction” tail from my police...

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The Murder Scene

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Greetings again kind readers to another one of my police experience missives. Please allow me to acquaint you with some background information so that...

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No one has captured America’s transition from homesteading to rootlessness better than the heartland writer Marilynne Robinson. In her novel, Housekeeping, two orphaned girls...

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