Stories by Mike Willegal
These stories are longer and hopefully more polished than what I post on
my blog or on other web pages. I hope to post a new one every
month or two.
2023
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November - Journeys -
The blog I wrote when I rode my bike across North America. This
is a large file. This PDF is best viewed with a two-page view.
2022
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August - Learning to Ride- My story about how I learned to ride a bike
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July - The Peace Corps, Botswana, Humility - This is a story I
wrote as an assignment in a feature writing class at UMass
-Lowell. Its about three peace corps volunteers that went to
Botswana in 2008 to help with the aids epidemic that was sweeping the
country.
- May - Building a Railroad - This is an extensively illustrated
essay that contains part of a diary kept by John Morgan, assistant
engineer for the U.S. Military Railroad at City point during the siege
of Petersburg. The period covered is February 5th to March 6th,
1865, when the railroad was expanded to support the new positions of the
Army of the Potomac after the Battles of Hatcher's Run. I have
added much commentary about the U.S. Military Railroad and the events
that occurred at this time.
2021
- June - Short Autobiography of Mike Willegal
- I wrote this autobiography as part of a class that I was taking
at
University of Massachusetts-Lowell. The idea was to write your
complete autobiography in just 24 hours. This short time frame
makes the writer focus on what's important. I highly recommend
trying this, especially if you think you have something to share with
the rest of your family
- May - Lourdes' One Bowl Chocolate Cakes
- I wrote this baking story as part of a class that I was taking at
University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Lourdes' recipe is great, but
the story is really about learning to be adventurous in baking.
- April - Nat Wadsworth - Forgotten Personal Computer Innovator
- This is a short biography of Nat Wadsworth, inventor of the first
hobby computer. This story was written after I spent an
afternoon interviewing his widow, Terri Wadsworth.
- March - Woz and the Apple 1
- posted March, 2021 - This story highlights some of the things I learned about the
development of the Apple 1 and the people associated with it.
Though some of this has been published before, some aspects of haven't
been published before.
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