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Strange Things
Hard to label it. People are leaving. A friend’s son died, a friend’s husband died, a friend is moving away. It is the normal cycle, but...
Sep 10, 2018


Thinking About Laborers
What space does Labor Day occupy with you? My family has always been heavy with blue collar workers. Have I always been grateful for who...
Sep 2, 2018


Celebration!
Dear Dwight and Kathy, I don’t know many people who have “made it” together for fifty years. Fifty years is a long time. And you made it!...
Aug 27, 2018


My Classroom
Today is the first day of school in Norfork, where I live. I’m thinking about children, teachers, schools. I am not numb to the blue...
Aug 20, 2018


Coming Home
We were excited. She was coming home. We had housed 15 horses over the years, looking for a super gentle one. We wanted to trust a horse...
Aug 13, 2018


Circle-Story
Our leader called it a circle-story. The beginning of the video was about a little boy receiving a gift of soap in a shoebox. The closing...
Aug 6, 2018


Hangin’ Out at Bee Dee’s
I look back at my Monticello High School years and remember that time as fun, difficult, a little warped. I needed cue cards to maneuver...
Jul 30, 2018


I Think God Called Me to Write
I read these words this past week in someone else’s writing. My heart immediately jumped. Confirmation. Me, too. God called me to write,...
Jul 23, 2018


Thrift Store Shopping
Hot and a dry July. Hay farmers have concern about the parched land. Gardens are drying up, flowers are browning, hummingbirds are...
Jul 16, 2018


In Honor of Cannas and Jim Barton
I am numb today, so I am up early and looking for my yard shoes. I’m not outside, because I want to beat the heat. Today it’s all about...
Jul 9, 2018
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