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THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XV
The office inside the wooden ‘bank vault’ style door was more plush than Tom Thorkelson’s office in the Massachusetts Mutual Fashion Island location. The baby blue rug under my feet made it feel like I was standing in a couple of inches of mud while four towering...![THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XIV](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Artifact.jpg)
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XIV
I’d met Matt aboard the C-130 on the way back from Albuquerque. We’d not truly bonded in any way except after sizing me up he uncharacteristically and very surprisingly threw himself in with me for whatever adventure he might be a part of. My being armed and speaking...![THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XIII](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Citation.jpg)
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XIII
It was too early to do much of anything but head over to Galloways, the place that was growing to become the one thing I might miss the most when we finally made our geographic move. Despite my high regard for the man, my conversation with Herbert had been...![THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XII](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LosAlamos.jpg)