Mona H – Medium

Mona H

Cómo Está?

While living in the Philippines, I didn’t learn much Tagalog. The people near the air base spoke good English, for the most part, and…

3 min read1 day ago

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Cómo Está?

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Mona H

Mom’s Chocolate Cake

What do you think my brother always insisted on having when he’d come home for a visit?

3 min read1 day ago

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Mom’s Chocolate Cake

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Mona H

My Painting Disappeared!

Can you believe it? I have another mystery, somewhat like the missing sleeve in one of my stories! My fifty-plus-year-old Hong Kong…

3 min readMay 15, 2024

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My Painting Disappeared!

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Mona H

A Zodiac Scare!

I first met Steffi, my soon-to-be best friend, in the ladies’ room of her office building years ago. I worked nearby on a short contract…

4 min readMay 15, 2024

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A Zodiac Scare!

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Mona H

Fox’s Photo

As I stood in line at the UPS store the other day, I opened a letter I’d just received from an old friend.

4 min readMay 15, 2024

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Fox’s Photo

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Mona H

Our Private Ice Show!

What would you do if you happened to look out your bedroom window one evening and saw an ice skating show?

4 min readMay 13, 2024

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Our Private Ice Show!

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Mona H

Operation Homecoming: Return from Hanoi

My story of Operation Homecoming, the return of the American POWs from Hanoi in February 1973, was originally published in 1997, some…

12 min readApr 27, 2024

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Operation Homecoming: Return from Hanoi

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Mona H

A Would-Be Dirty Old Man

That was my friend ‘Jim Bob’, a tinker, sewing machine guy, mover, and would-be dirty old man. Back in the early 1980s in Germany, he had a…

3 min readApr 11, 2024

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A Would-Be Dirty Old Man

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Mona H

He Really Was My Cousin!

After my first year of teaching in Iowa, my college roommate and I spent the summer in Southern California. Weekends were for fun and…

5 min readApr 11, 2024

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He Really Was My Cousin!

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Mona H

Vitamin C — My Favorite Cure

Is there such a thing in this life?

3 min readMar 26, 2024

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Vitamin C — My Favorite Cure

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Mona H

Mona H

I’m an ex-teacher, WAF, newsletter writer, pseudo-techie, cancer survivor, cat mom. To paraphrase Jose Marti, before I die I want to send my little stories out.

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