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Fifty Smacks Me Upside the Head
In a post published in April 2017, “O’Yonder,” and in previous posts, I shared that I’ve been thinking quite a bit about time and age lately. Explicit or not in earlier blog entries, hopeful belief that I’m still young underlies … Continue reading
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Do not fear
“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” Frederick Buechner (1926 – present): writer, philosopher, theologian
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More Pictures
So, my two oldest returned safely from their Outward Bound mountaineering trip to the Maroon Bells in Colorado. I think some of these pictures are cool. Enjoy.
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Brothers
Duncan and I used to fight, a lot. It was mostly my fault, undergoing the rigors of adolescence and taking it out on him. Yet — in spite of the fisticuffs and thrown objects and attempted fratricides — something shifted in high school. … Continue reading
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Here, now
This small framed quote traveled with me from my one of my first jobs all the way here – now – in my office on the side of a filing cabinet, eyesight, and to my right. The words come from the late … Continue reading
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O’Yonder
As a kid, I made jokes about Geritol, prune juice, and Depends. Aging provided rich fodder for humor…until the joke turned on me. Note Exhibit 1: a portion of an elaborate membership envelope that recently arrived. Even as I marched through … Continue reading
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Go Asunder
Sunday, I had nowhere to be. Nothing to do. I did have a means of transportation, so I set out with my journal/daybook on a sunny day with temps in the low 70’s. It’d been four or five years since I’d spent … Continue reading
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