A motley collection of the amazing insight and malodorous funk that rattles around inside my head
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There But For Fortune Go You or I
If you are a “Boomer” and male, Viet Nam has special meaning. Your eighteenth birthday meant a trip to the courthouse to register for the draft, putting your future in the hands of the draft board who made life and death decisions. Being young and stupid, I didn’t really understand that then. The boys in…
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Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Jennifer taught art across the hall from my classroom. She had the messiest classroom ever. Borderline hoarder, but an infinite number of still life compositions waiting to happen. She was the perfect combination of tough and tender, rigid and flexible, but honest and caring. What she did so well was to bring out the artist…
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Jesus is just alright with me
I would like to say that growing up Catholic in the 50’s brought me peace, comfort and joy. It did not. Many things about the church have changed, I think, but I cannot judge since I am no longer a part of it. The Catholic God they tried to give me is not the God…
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What’s it all about, Alfie?
I’m not Alfie. I don’t know anyone named Alfie. But as I thought about doing this blog thing, that song lyric kept popping into my head. So what is this all about? I discovered in a college speech class that I’m not a speaker when my prof said that I wrote a good speech but…
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