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“CHOICE HOSPITAL MEMORIES” — Route 7

https://c72cf562-31a9-4be0-968f-da6643fa0d62.filesusr.com/ugd/ac5d9a_022884bed1144102b3408c79d3c7e5a7.pdf

November 2025

Poignant and funny stories, a micro selection (short — the new want for publications) focused on two different Sally trips to the hospital over 20 years ago.

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Playing Army: Bullet Pointing a Boomer Experience

https://doublebackreview.com/issue-7-2-october-2025/hogarty-bullet/

October, 2025

A long memoir, but one I hope you’ll find worth reading if you can find the time. My Vietnam Era Army experience was surely less impactful than many, but besides the personal stories, anecdotes, and thoughts which speak to a fascinating period in our history, I hope that points made throughout also illuminate the present a bit, as my conclusion states directly. Thank you for taking the time if you get a chance to read this.

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https://www.underreviewlit.com/issue-9-winter-2024/2024/1/12/bill-henneberry-and-his-51-dons-a-leap-of-faith-action-in-the-face-of-discrimination

January, 2024

A loving memoir/essay that tells a most inspirational story trumpeting real SF values about Bill Henneberry and his 1951 University of San Francisco team that “did the right thing” in the face of blatant prejudice. The Getty image accompanying this story is referenced in it. [This can be found in two places, with other essays and other memoirs]

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https://www.kelpjournal.com/post/essay-two-grand-irish-national-races-by-ken-hogarty

January, 2024

Essay/Memoir about attending the Irish Grand National and also enjoying another race the same day, two races that left a lasting memory and busts of famous Irish writers as a memento in my “man-cave” where I write. [This can be found in two places, with other essays and other memoirs]

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https://www.bridgeeight.com/beer-the-smell-of-baseball/

October, 2023

Though the other senses might be more obvious, smell connected baseball and beer in my mind.

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https://www.underreviewlit.com/blog-full/2023/9/23/a-trade-parade-and-memory-made-ray-sadecki-for-imperial-potentate

September, 2023

1960’s San Francisco and an affinity for the Giants among high school friends focus this memory.

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Dream Deferred: Schooled by the “World Serious” – Sport Literate

November, 2021

Attending at least one game during every S.F. Giants world series appearance and the joy of finally winning one.

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Inviting Laughter in Baseball – Sport Literate

Humorous on the diamond personal experiences as a teacher/administrator, blended with more widely known anecdotes about the sport.

June, 2021

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“The Mayor, Mickey Rickey and the Mole People” by Ken Hogarty – Underwood (underwoodpress.com)

August, 2020

Celebrating the Eureka Valley neighborhood and people from growing up in what got called the Castro District of San Francisco in the ‘50s and ‘60s.

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December 2025

Finished Business: A Vow Kept [short monologue] in anthology Mini plays review. Anecdote about Mike Holmgren as an assistant coach at Sacred Heart in early 1970s.

 

November 2025

NUNUM – Done in a hundred [100 wd. vignette — “mother teresa evocative memories” with a wonderful closing quote from the saint]

 

 

 

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Playing Army – Sequoia Speaks

April, 2022

A pointed remembrance of being in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era, with lessons for today.

 

 

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The Devil’s Only Friend – Sequoia Speaks (Word Poppy Press)

July, 2021

A memoir about a wildfire and ironies that accompanied it for my wife Sally’s cousin.

 

 

Singing through the Darkness – Sport Literate

Late Fall, 2021

Announcing a football game on a college radio station in 1969 with a myriad of challenges.

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Homage to the Naming of Cats – Sequoia Speaks

Autumn, 2021

A visit to the wild SPCA office adjacent to the Oakland Coliseum triggers a consideration about the naming of pets, and naming in general.

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