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On the Road Again
Last week, when I stood on the platform waiting to take the train east out of Lancaster, I felt like a country boy heading to the big city. And maybe I…
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What if this is It?
Some thoughts on living an ordinary life
May 17
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Beyond Rejection, Gratefulness
A Writer's Journal Entry
May 9
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On the Road Again
Where this co-writing gig takes me from time to time, and why I'm always ready to go home
May 5
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What They Never Tell You
There is something no one tells you while the guests are still there, while the cake watches, uncut, while the rings still feel unfamiliar, like…
May 2
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April 2023
The Malfunction - A Short Story
Friday Fiction, for your reading pleasure
Apr 28
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"Hope is Now the Long Wait"
Regarding my friend, Leslie Bustard
Apr 25
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The Good is Close at Hand
“All these squalls to which we have been subjected are signs that the weather will soon improve and things will go well for us, because it is not…
Apr 21
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I Confess that I Painted the Green Table
I wrote this poem about seven years ago, then stumbled on it this morning. This time around it was a reminder of how closely we are bound to the good…
Apr 18
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Three Tables
A restaurant dining table, a hospice coffee table, and the communion table
Apr 14
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How Quickly Life Moves On
I wrote this about a year into the pandemic, back in February of 2021. It’s something I still think about, especially in this season of so much loss…
Apr 11
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From Good Friday to a Far Green Country
Clinging to hope in dark times
Apr 7
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