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June 14, 2024

“Darling, darling, we have to stop! This is my cousin’s house!” Car comes to a screeching halt, dust flying. We unload, remove our shoes...

June 12, 2024

(This essay recounting an automobile excursion from the Midwest to the Florida archipelago in the Gulf of Mexico is offered by an amateur writer...

June 10, 2024

I might have scared off a few readers with that title, but I think it is important for you to believe and understand what...

June 7, 2024

I told you I’d come back, and I did. I did not say that I would keep coming back. I miss you being here,...

June 3, 2024

I think this is a time for confessions. I don’t want you to know about all my transgressions, but I will admit I am...

May 31, 2024

“You’re here.” I hear your whisper. It comes down on a wisp of wind from the mountains above your home. Where your shell now...

May 29, 2024

I will remember this month, this May of 2024, as one of journalistic chaos and don’t you wanna know why? Let me tell you...

May 24, 2024

“Yours is the last dad,” she stated emphatically. Yes. All my friends’ dads have passed away. Of our generation, there is one mother and...

May 22, 2024

I cannot recall the first time I learned about The Great Depression of my parent’s generation, but I do remember their stories of that...

May 20, 2024

For the readers who have been reading my thoughts for the past few years, you will be happy to know that my old ’56...

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