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A preacher? Really? One of my UPS co-workers got a little curious the other day, curious about where I’d come from and what I used to do before loading…
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I Had A Dream
—a dream whose content I remembered upon waking, and this doesn’t always happen. Plus I woke with an awareness that I was smiling (I’m serious), and…
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A Tree Full of Words
All of a sudden there it was in my Instagram feed, this clip from 1969 of Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash harmonizing on “I Still Miss Someone” in front…
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Would you? Could you?
If a friend of yours had a terminal disease, say advanced cancer, and your friend made the decision to end her life using medicines designed for such…
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Morning Prayers
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. One thing I have asked of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of…
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As long as we’re talking about squirrels, for the last few minutes I’ve been watching a pair glide up and down then up again along a hickory tree behind…
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Beyond the Pale
Beyond the Pale
Meredith Lee and I were sitting on the back deck a few weeks ago, she was telling me a story, and stopped to ask, What are you looking at?" I guess I'd left eye-contact or something. I answered, "Everything."
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