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   One day while I was out walking my dog near our Lake Cliff Apartments I saw a huge flock of birds flying over the tree tops of the nearby woods. It reminded me of smoke, which in turn reminded me of Old Joe Henderson.

    Joe Henderson was a lawyer who got drafted at the end of the Vietnam conflict and served during the first Gulf War. He retired a major in the Army, an Infantry man all the way. Had a beautiful wife name Louise Emily, and lived in the Lake Cliff Apartments near Lewisville. Two years ago yesterday, she had been raped and killed. A month ago Joe said his two grand sons and their uncle had perished is a house fire. Later they found out it was due to an arson, sad life.
I never knew old Joe personally nor the details of his life, other than the brief account he share as I delivered cans to him as he rummaged through my apartment’s dumpster. Since his wife had died Joe had been homeless.
    Sad to say I only thought of Joe this morning. ’Cause watching the Dallas news they showed the picture of a street man some construction worker discovered dead in one of their portable potties. Crazy how nothing is new under the sun, kind of make ya wonder how your own story will end, in the end.

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   On the outskirts of a small Texas town just north of the Metroplex was The Lake Cliff Apartment Complex.  They had been constructed in the boom of the late 1970’s expansion; but the city’s growth had taken a turn in a different direction over the years since. Times had changed.  The Complex was not the best of the high end apartments, even during its heyday; and yet was not the lowest by any means.  They were just the middle of the road of the middle class on an average income.  The apartments could have been anywhere in America, and that was what made these stories all the more disturbing.  Because it is the lives of those who reside there that make it interesting at most.  Some, but not all have interwoven their lives.  Some are invisible to their community while others are the unseen fabric of the community.  These are just a few of the stories about those incredible lives, hidden in plain sight that you have often wondered about.

THE ENVELOPES

THE GAZEBO

THE GLASSES

THE NEW OLD BOOTS

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