A BEAUTIFUL PREHISTORIC SHORT STORY Tens of thousands of years ago, there was a young caveman who fell into the habit of going down to a place where big beautiful butterflies flitted from one gorgeous wildflower bloom to the next. …
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WHAT I DIDN’T LEARN IN KINDERGARTEN Life is an enthralling, experiential epic of purpose, agonizing love and hate, fear and pain, droning monotony, and exquisite pleasure and joy. It will stretch you to the furthest reaches of your soul’s capacity …
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NO FUN IN LAS VEGAS? It was fun the other day writing about “Double Clutching” in Las Vegas here on my website. However, the experience was not fun at the time. Of course, looking back on those Las Vegas memories, …
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DON’T GIVE UP, DON’T GIVE IN, AND DON’T QUIT. This morning, I was about to dive into a piece I’m very excited about writing, but as I was getting ready to start, the universe, or God, as I prefer to …
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Humble winners We’ve probably all noticed that a winner knows he’s a winner and a “loser”, unfortunately, knows he’s a loser. The operative word here is knows. If you don’t know it you can’t be it. One might say that …
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DOUBLE CLUTCHING IN LAS VEGAS My life has had and continues to have distinctive phases. In my late twenties, all my efforts of the first twenty-seven years of my life came tumbling down on me like a ton of bricks, …
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MY VEXING MUSE Glimpse me, pray to me, Beseech me. I am real. Dream of me, search for me. Wake in your drubbing day and cry For me to come. I watch you in turmoil, watch You sick in the …
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MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE? This morning as I watched the wind move through the trees and animate the leaves into a beautiful dance that reminded me of my grandchildren’s dance recitals, my enlivened mind quickly presented me with pictures …
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WORDS OF LOVE I love the wonderful passage by Saint Paul in the 13th chapter of Corinthians that describes what love is. (The New Revised Standard version of the Bible) Most Christians know this passage well: Love is patient and …
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LOVE MAKES MUSIC Love is a marvelous symphony when there is music in the bedroom and then singing in the shower. Jack
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