Stories from the Steps

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  • Vol 2. Chronicle 16

    ( NOT IN 3RD PERSON) SHALLOW THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY: Yesterday it began, the 100 days ‘til Labor Day & Miss Julie & the Pool Boy exchanged their traditional farewell. It’s not emotional like… Continue reading

    Vol 2. Chronicle 16

  • VOLUME 2, CHRONICLE 4, NATIONAL WOMEN & GIRLS IN SPORT DAY 2025, let me tell you, my beautiful granddaughters, a story from the steps: This isn’t meant to be about athletics, though it is about women in athletics. Women who… Continue reading

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  • IMAGES & INSPIRATION, PORTFOLIO 2, COMPOSITION 1: Today, I looked out on a gym floor filled with children. Two caught my eye, one black, one white, one a student, one a prospect. The visitor, full of tears & nerves, was… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 2, Chronicle 3

    STORIES FROM THE STEPS,  VOLUME 2, CHRONICLE 3: REDUX, AN EASTER STORY FOR MLK DAY.   “To make an apt answer is a joy to a man,and a word in season, how good it is!” Proverbs 15:32 On this day when… Continue reading

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  • A NEW SONG FROM THE ASHES OF 4,382 DAYS AGO: “I waited patiently for the LordHe inclined & heard my cry He lifted me up out of the pitOut of the miry clayI will sing, sing a new song…”From “40”… Continue reading

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  • Vol.1, Chronicle 51

    (FROM 12/16/2022, A GOODBYE LETTER TURNED GENESIS: We all have landmarks on our human journey, significant places or events like Peniel in Genesis for Jacob after a night grappling with an angel or Ray Kinsella in the Iowa corn after… Continue reading

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  • Vol.1 Chronicle 50

    (PREAMBLE: This was originally written two years ago today, 12/14/2022. As you read this memory, you might ask yourself, “How tough was she?”. So tough that I made a 99 on a test for misspelling a word. Every test had… Continue reading

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