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Vol. 3, Chronicle 23
8:13 PM, Fall break day 2, Stroke recovery day 37: Woke up satisfied with coffee & a state qualifying XC runner. Messages from the runner’s mom made my efforts, from morning car line fist bumps to teaching to assuming my… Continue reading
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Vol. 3, Chronicle 22: 40
40: One year ago, exactly one week shy of our 39th anniversary, Miss Julie & I attended a wedding in the same gorgeous cathedral where we stated our vows. As I sat with my sons & daughters-in-law behind me &… Continue reading
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Vol. 3, Chronicle 20
THE EVENT, DAY 21 – WHY?Why. It’s a word that checks the box on five parts of speech in its definition of “ for what cause or purpose, or reason. It is a word I met twice this weekend in… 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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Vol. 3, Chronicle 6
STORIES FROM THE STEPS, THE GENESIS, SOUVENIRS: Four years ago yesterday, I walked in & out of the halls you’ll read about in what follows for the final time. The next day, I opened a notebook & my soul. I… 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. 2, Chronicle 32
NOT MUCH TO BE THANKFUL ABOUT(?): These last 13 months have been, if not the most challenging period of all my circuits around the sun, they’re certainly in the team picture. According to one fella that crossed my path this… 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
