The Rest of the Story
Most of my humble blog posts are under 1000 word essays / rants / rambling family stories with no point. Those are the types of stories I can sit down and write in a day’s effort. But then there’s all the rest of my work that tends to run on for several pages.
I normally write these long stories as posts because that’s how this blog is setup. But I’ve decided to keep them indexed separately, as I consider some of these pieces to be my best work.
I’ve also created several complex web page projects which don’t fit into the normal blogging flow. These projects are also server resource intensive and slow down page loading on this site. As a result, I’ve moved them to a stand-alone companion site.
These are Portfolio Projects Hosted on my Mirror Website
Another variation on designing an illustrated and comprehensive career resume.
You can visit my Portfolio mirror site at http://pages.charest.net/
These are Long-Form Multi-page Stories
Moving To Charlotte
The Monsters Living Among Us
My Submariner’s View on Loss of The Oceangate Submersible
This Old House
Dad’s Yosegaki Hinomaru
While cleaning out my mom’s house in preparation for moving her in with family, I discovered a World War II Japanese flag covered with Japanese writing. I knew it had to belong to my late father as he had fought in the South Pacific and Japan during World War