A Mother is Forever
A mother is someone who lightens the burdens of a long, weary day. She’s always there in the night, waiting to answer the call of a child or…
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A mother is someone who lightens the burdens of a long, weary day. She’s always there in the night, waiting to answer the call of a child or…
Continue ReadingSince October is domestic violence awareness month, I thought I would share my story. Most people who know me personally or through my various…
Continue ReadingAt 69, I realize I’m a member of the walking dead. I move among others, smiling and stringing together clever words, so no one knows I have become…
Continue ReadingSometimes life throws us line drives that knock us off our feet. We weren’t even on the playing field and wonder where in the world the ball came…
Continue ReadingA thought crossed my mind the other day that would make the thinning crowd running for the presidency happy. Give the Oval Office to all of them. Let…
Continue ReadingLast fall a good buddy of mine from Grand Marais, Michigan stopped by for a few minutes on his way to a friend’s house. He had spent a miserable…
Continue ReadingIt seems like every minority has someone in Congress or on the Supreme Court rooting for them. Everything once considered weird is now embraced as…
Continue Reading“Climb the mountain,” the hiking instructor yelled, and I thought to myself, it’s only a steep hill, but I kept my mouth shut. Let the young…
Continue ReadingOutside my study window is a wire mesh bird feeder I keep filled with black oiled sunflower seeds. The chickadees, sparrows, blue jays, nuthatches,…
Continue ReadingMy brother was driving his old white Dodge pick-up real slow and I knew why. Malcolm was in the bed, and my brother was trying to miss all the ruts…
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