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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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Vol.1 Chronicle 46
NOT MUCH TO BE THANKFUL ABOUT(?): These last 5 weeks 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 that crossed my path this… Continue reading
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Vol.1 Chronicle 42, Nat’l Coaches Day
NATIONAL COACHES DAY ‘24, A STUDY IN BLACK AND WHITE OF WHAT YOU NEED: Yesterday, October 6th, was National Coaches Day. I’m intentionally late in posting on October 7th, but we’ll get to that. Coaches do so much that no… Continue reading
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Vol.1 Chronicle 40
DUCATS WITH DAD: This was intended to be a rant against overpaid & overhyped coaches, the NIL & Tennessee’s “10% talent fee” on next season’s ticket package. I spent yesterday banging the keyboard between my ears foraging for nouns &… Continue reading
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Vol.1 Chronicle 38: Farewell 9/2/2021
CHINSTRAPS & HEROES, A FAREWELL TO JIMMY: I wasn’t expecting to cry today. I especially wasn’t planning on one of those heaving cries that convulses down to the gut. I’d already been a little emotional in dreading next week, a… Continue reading
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Vol.1, Chronicle 37: Keys, 8/27/1984
KEYS, A 40 YEAR STORY OF MISS JULIE AND HER POOL BOY: Miss Julie gave me these keys for Christmas 2023. They used to work the locks of Maclellan Gymnasium on the UT-Chattanooga campus. Today, technology has rendered them useless… Continue reading
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Vol.1, Chronicle 35
INTROSPECTIVE INSOMNIA, ‘70s ANTENNA TV & MARCIA BRADY, SHALLOW THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY: This very Monday, only 3 days from children reporting for academic duty, Miss Julie’s Pool Boy disguised in his normal identity… Continue reading
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Vol.1, Chronicle 34
I ALMOST STAYED OUT THE HALLWAY: “Stay out the hallway” was written in black on 2” white athletic tape, advice on a gym door for students where me & Miss Julie voted last Tuesday. That advice in some form, has… 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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