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Vol 2, Chronicle 13
THE CAREGIVERS ARPEGGIO, BIRTHDAY EDITION: Music’s broken chord, the arpeggio, occurs when notes normally played simultaneously are played individually. Anyone taking care of someone with a physical or mental ailment knows the difficulty of dealing with brokenness of what once… Continue reading
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VOLUME 2, CHRONICLE 11, AN APRIL 19TH 250 YEARS IN THE MAKING: Four years ago on this day, I said goodbye to Mel, a Navy veteran I called friend at my town’s National Cemetery & I said hello to two… Continue reading
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THE PRODIGAL GRIEF, A STORY ABOUT UNCLE DAVE: Maya Angelou wrote, “I answer the heroic question ‘Death where is thy sting?’, with it is here in my heart & mind & memories.” I seem to have too many friends grieving… Continue reading
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Vol. 2, Chronicle 7
VOLUME 2, CHRONICLE 7: THE NEIGHBORHOOD STRIKE ZONE, let me tell you girls (& everybody else) a birthday story. Today would’ve been my Dad’s, your Great-granddad’s, 93rd birthday. It’s my 12th time without him & I’m getting better at Dr.… 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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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 47, 40 Years…
40 YEARS, EXITING THE FRIEND ZONE, SHALLOW THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY: As MJPB pours the 2nd of his self imposed daily limit of 2 cups of coffee at 5:43 AM, effortlessly ignoring the fact… Continue reading
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STUFF, A BENEDICTION: I rounded another bend this weekend, a trip that both hollowed out & enriched my soul as we prepared my mom’s house for market & we prepped for moving her into assisted living. I mowed a yard… Continue reading
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Vol.1 Chronicle 44
(38TH ANNIVERSARY) THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY: 38 years ago today, the Pool Boy clicked “I agree” on the non-negotiable, yearly renewable terms & conditions on his marriage app with Miss Julie. Terms & conditions… Continue reading
