Author Archives: Dave Oney

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About Dave Oney

Dave Oney was born mid last century in Middlebury, Vermont. He received his BS in Chemistry and worked as a polymer chemist in Massachusetts and New Jersey. He became a microscopist (someone who studies little bitty things using a microscope) and photomicrographer (someone who photographs little bitty things) before settling into a 35-year career in technical sales of scientific imaging equipment (the science of digitally recording itty bitty things, sending the image to a computer for analysis.) He designed and created a number of products contributing to this field. He is (was) proficient in several computer languages and is currently working on mastering English. After making a few more paradigm shift career changes Dave and his wife, Fran, retired and moved closer to their children and granddaughters and now live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas.

Walking with a Notebook

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Dave Oney

I woke early this morning, before the sun, before the dog, and finished my normal morning routine, including breakfast and newspaper. I am nothing if not a creature of habit. Rosie, our rescued Havanese mix, came slowly stretching, one end … Continue reading →

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Summertime

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Dave Oney

First the lyrics, to refresh your memory: Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high Your daddy’s rich, and your momma’s good lookin’ So hush little baby, don’t you cry One of these mornings, … Continue reading →

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Einstein

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Dave Oney

The sun hovered just below the horizon, blankets of gray/white fog slept in the valleys below, nestled between small rolling hillocks, reaching up with slowly undulating arms to the tall maples and pines. Unable to see anything but the tops … Continue reading →

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Passages To Ruth

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Dave Oney

Please purchase your copy of “Passages to Ruth,” my short story collection, from Amazon or Kindle. Long, long ago, in a world lost in the misty past, I wondered about everything. Why is the sky blue?  Why didn’t people on the other side … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Dave Oney

The Last Run It was almost 4 o’clock and the sun was low in the west. The mountain blocked most of the direct sun and caused the flat, shadowless light, the bane of downhill skiers. I knew it would be … Continue reading →

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Caleb

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Dave Oney

Quietly he rounded the large sand colored boulder. He heard Joshua on the opposite side, trying, unsuccessfully, to be quiet. It was almost mid-day and the sun was high overhead. The two of them were about to ambush a band … Continue reading →

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Isaac

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Dave Oney

As consciousness slowly nudged him awake he felt the sun high overhead nibbling his neck and warming his back. He was naked. He lay face down unmoving for a moment, trying to remember where he was. He tried to clear … Continue reading →

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Esau

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Dave Oney

He heard them just ahead. His could envision the clearing waiting for him over the next rise. He remembered every tree, shrub and rock. Eyes closed, he imagined they would be standing, spread slightly apart, on guard. He imagined he … Continue reading →

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Rebekkah

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Dave Oney

She woke to the gray dawn as the others began stirring. She lay there, forcing her breathing to remain shallow and slow, eyes gently closed.  Still sightless, her mind saw the colorless dull dry desert outside her tent in early … Continue reading →

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Ruth

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Dave Oney

“I really don’t want to go,” she said to herself for the third time this morning. “I know I must go, but I dread what lies ahead.” As she left the encampment and started across the hills towards her family’s … Continue reading →

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