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Vol.1, Chronicle 30
(TOES, CREATION/EVOLUTION) SHALLOW THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY: Creationism & Evolution trace back to toes. Like the world’s 3 major religious entities all trace back to night time commando raider & 100 year old baby… Continue reading
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Vol.1 Chronicle 29
(CITY MEET, FINISH WHAT YA STARTED)THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY: It’s pre sunrise, Friday 5:39AM, & Miss Julie’s Pool Boy pours his second 28 ounce cup of emotional support coffee. Miss Julie has long since… Continue reading
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Vol.1, Chronicle 28
VOLUME 1, CHRONICLE 28, BOTH INDEPENDENCE DAYS & PLYMOUTH ROCK: INTRO: The 6 or 7 minute read that follows in 3 chapters, is my pastor’s fault. This Sunday past, he basically told our congregation, those that weren’t thinking of beating… Continue reading
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Vol.1, Chronicle 27, TitleIX
STORIES FROM THE STEPS, VOLUME 1, CHRONICLE 27, Title IX: No man need be a mediocrity if he accepts himself as God made him.” ~Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh~ I equate Miss Julie with this line. She answered her call long… Continue reading
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Father’s Day
VOLUME 1, CHRONICLE 26, FATHER’S DAY 2024, ABSENT YET PRESENT: Sometimes I write, to paraphrase Maya Angelou, because it’s agony to bear an untold story in the soul or like today, I’m an empty penitent seeking a filling communion, seeking… Continue reading
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Vol.1, Chronicle 25: Streak of Love
STREAK OF LOVE: In Philadelphia, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, sits a legendary gymnasium named The Palestra. Outside that old barn’s front doors is a plaque that reads: “To win the game is great. To play the… Continue reading
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Vol.1, Chronicle 24
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY & THANK YOU TIMES TWO, SHALLOW THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY: The Facebook memory machine tells me it’s been one year since MJPB went from hit & run guerrilla tactics to a shock… Continue reading
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The little swim team that could…
The little swim team that could, SHALLOW THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY: Miss Julie left the Pool Boy & his eggs & coffee for the pool before 7 this morning ‘cause you can’t start swim… Continue reading
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Vol 1, Chronicle 23, Casualties of War
VOLUME 1, CHRONICLE 23, MEMORIAL DAY, CASUALTIES OF WAR: By the time most read this, local scouts will have spent their Saturday morning placing flags on white markers at National Cemetery in observance of Memorial Day. My Dad returned from… Continue reading
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The point of Summer ’24 with MJPB
(SOME NOT & SOME) SHALLOW THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY, Summer ‘24, the point: And so it begins, the 100 days ‘til Labor Day & Miss Julie & the Pool Boy exchange their traditional farewell.… Continue reading
Stories from the Steps 