Stories from the Steps

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  • NOW

    VOLUME 3, CHRONICLE 12, NOW:      There is a scarcity of words. They are heavy, there’s a gravity as I pull them out of my soul trying to say something for Mother’s Day.       Earlier this week, I mentioned a friend that… Continue reading

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  • VOLUME 3, CHRONICLE 11, ARPEGGIO, THE BIRTHDAY EDITION: Music’s broken chord, the arpeggio, occurs when notes normally played simultaneously are played individually. Anyone with someone suffering a physical or mental ailment knows the difficulty of dealing with brokenness of what… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 10

    VOLUME 3, CHRONICLE 10: 4 YEARS IN SUNDOWN, NOW & THEN. As I say good morning to another night, I’m struggling with do I need to say something or do I have something to say? John Steinbeck said, “I write… Continue reading

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  • GOOD FRIDAY STRIPES, ONE: “If I’d a’ had somewhere else to go, I’d a’ went.” One of NASCAR’s auto racing greats, Cale Yarborough, made this statement post race in 1970 after an unavoidable crash at South Carolina’s historic Darlington Raceway.… Continue reading

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  • GRIEF, DENTYNE & DEMENTIA: “It was Dentyne”. That line from “Hoosiers” is my favorite movie quote ever. Hickory Husker basketball coach Norman Dale instructs his guard, Buddy Walker, that the man he’s guarding is chewing gum & he wants Buddy… Continue reading

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  • Vol.3, Chronicle 3

    VOLUME 3, CHRONICLE 3, IT’S INTIMATE: Prologue. The piece that follows (Presented in its original one big paragraph, I’m sure to the chagrin of a long time friend now on the other side of the globe. He advised me on… Continue reading

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  • 4:57 AM

    The 4:57AM Coffee Chronicles, a resolution & a PSA☕: RESOLUTION – my New Years resolution is that In 2026, I resolve not to drink coffee any more…I also resolve not to drink coffee any less. PSA – These are your… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 2 Chronicle 36

    ADVENT, THE WEIGHT: I haven’t felt very “Christmasy” this year. Perhaps I’ve lost the wonder or perhaps I’ve wandered with the weight of daily routine or maybe it’s just that 2025 has added weight by stripping the word normal from… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 2, Chronicle 35: Genesis

    FOREWORD: Three years ago, December 16, 2022, these steps met their final student footprints. In the past three months, they met their demise.      I didn’t know it lying on that couch in Pearl, Mississippi that “Stories from the Steps”, with… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 2, Chronicle 34, “TRIBE”

    “…Oh, so hold on to the ones who really care, In the end, they’ll be the only ones there…”from “MMMBop” by Hanson MY 2025 BOOK & WORD OF THE YEAR: In an upset, a reread claims both titles. TRIBE. It… Continue reading

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