Stories from the Steps

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  • An 11 year old with a bookie…

    STORIES FROM THE STEPS, VOLUME 3, CHRONICLE 2: Let me tell you a story about an 11 year old with a bookie & what that boy learned 52 years ago today & offer a slice of ‘70s life.      I got… Continue reading

    An 11 year old with a bookie…

  • Thank you to everyone for making 2025 a success for this little writing adventure. It began two years ago, a crusade of creativity into sports, music & pop culture. An effort hoping with each effort to equal creatives with words… 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 31

    LIFE ADVICE FROM OCTOBER, HOMECOMING 1976:        On the 26th day of October in 1976, it was Homecoming at a little school that now exists only in memories. This past week, as dementia opened another front in its dirty little war… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 2, Chronicle 29

    STORIES FROM THE STEPS, THE ROLL, PITCH & YAW OF FALL BREAK ‘25:     “Don’t let the hard days win”, six words that would have been easy to post last week amongst the surf, the sun in its rising & setting… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 2, Chronicle 27

    38 YEARS & 51 WEEKS, WHAT I’VE LEARNED: This past Saturday, exactly one week shy of 39 years, Miss Julie & I attended a wedding in the same gorgeous cathedral where we stated our vows. As I sat with my… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 2, Chronicle 26

    (4:45AM & THE GOSPEL OF MARK, NOT SO) SHALLOW THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY: On this day one year ago, Miss Julie unlocked the pool gates at 4:45 in the morning. She did it not… Continue reading

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  • Vol.2, Chronicle 25

    A SEPTEMBER THANKSGIVING: “…and even though this world needs so much more, there’s so much to be thankful for…” “Thankful” ~~ Josh Groban ~~      It was a little after 4:00 on this September Sunday. A week of chaos gone… Continue reading

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