Writing

Essay: We Are Funny, Honest, Warm, And Generous

Essay: We Are Funny, Honest, Warm, And Generous

Occasionally you can quit a bad habit, once and for all. Every now and then you can change, and for the better. Once in a blue moon you can pray...
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Essay:Our Differences Are A Feature Not A Flaw

Essay:Our Differences Are A Feature Not A Flaw

Amy and I lead a very interesting life together. She is a born contrarian. She doesn’t join movements. She rejects the status quo no matter what. She mistrusts every sort...
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Essay: You Are A Regular Person With A Job And A Daily Life

Essay: You Are A Regular Person With A Job And A Daily Life

Here is a prophetic word for you. You are not special. You are a regular person with a job and a daily life. You are not a history maker. You...
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Essay: Damn The Curated Life

Essay: Damn The Curated Life

Man cave? Why would I build an effigy of my inner isolation? I’m lonely enough in my mind already. Damn that curated life. Damn all the energy we put into...
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My Tribute To Nightbirde / Jane Marczewski

My Tribute To Nightbirde / Jane Marczewski

Jane Marczewski and I became friends in early 2021, but I wish we had never met. I am heartbroken, because it’s dawned on me that had Jane never gotten sick,...
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Essay: Our Neighbors Took Care Of Us

Essay: Our Neighbors Took Care Of Us

Yesterday was Memorial Day so we went to Hanging Rock State Park with our kids and grandkids to have a hotdog cookout. We packed Cokes and pasta salad and mustard...
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Faith in the Lord is a hell of a thing

Faith in the Lord is a hell of a thing

These are my words. They have not been generated by an artificial intelligence chatbot. They have not been co-opted by the religious right or the secular left. There is no...
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Patience is renouncing your power to control

Patience is renouncing your power to control

Addiction to power is one of my great afflictions. I want to control people, to bend them to my will, to make them think and act like I do.
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