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A Few Thoughts On This 80 Degree August Day
I began this post more than a year ago and now that I find myself mostly unemployed, I logged into my blog account and this piece sounded to me like it needed to be finished. So here it is. As … Continue reading
Every Day Is A New Day
I have heard it said many times over the years that to be good writer you have to be a good reader and have read lots of books. According to Mary Oliver in A Poetry Handbook it seems the opposite … Continue reading
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It’s A New Day!
Years and years ago, Morningstar church had a motel and restaurant in Wilkesboro called Jubilee Junction. I don’t know what it was before they purchased it, but for a time, they held their Sunday services there and if you stayed … Continue reading
Cleaning the Closet – Circa 2023
Cleaning the closet is never simply about cleaning the closet: there are always a lot of hidden motives behind such an act of bravery. And why did the idea of bravery come to mind at the end of the very … Continue reading
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The New Year Every Year.
“The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills” is the title of a book and subsequent poem that Charles Bukowski wrote and published in 1969. The book was printed and published by the Black Sparrow Press in Los … Continue reading
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Life Stories
One of my favorite program on television is This Is Us. The series follows the lives and families of two parents, and their three children, in several different time frames. On any given episode, there may be several separate story … Continue reading
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Letting Off A Little Steam
In light of this coronavirus lockdown, social distancing and all the rest, I stumbled upon this thought this morning. I was imagining myself as an older John Prine who had not spent most of his life not writing songs. I … Continue reading
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Violence
As I slowly begin to press open the gate towards the 70th anniversary of my birth, there are many things about this life on earth that I don’t understand and violence is one of them. Defined by Webster as: the … Continue reading
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That First Kiss or Driving in America.
As a boy growing up in America during the mid sixties, I will have to admit that I looked forward to receiving my drivers license more that I did my first kiss. Not that the first kiss wasn’t highly anticipated, … Continue reading
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To Dream Or Not To Dream
I woke up this morning with the feeling that I had once again experienced a dream that repeated several aspects of dreams that I have had before. One element of this dream state features a house that Sandi and I … Continue reading
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Looking For The Long Ride 