Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: My Evolution
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I don't think there's a better way to transition from 49 to 50 than watching a bunch of rockers who are closing in on 60 going full blast for three hours. It's so inspiring – if those guys can still do what they do at their age, how much more can I do at mine?…
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There came a time in high school when I was tossed out of my comfortable social nest. The group I had identified with for years…clung to like a raft in the treacherous middle and high school seas…wrapped around myself like a safe (I thought) cocoon…well, they decided one day that I just didn't belong with them anymore. I racked my…
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"To live is so startling, it leaves little time for anything else." (Emily Dickinson) Something was in the air this morning – maybe some kind of charge leftover from the thunderstorm that sprinted through before dawn. Or maybe it just spruced everything up, like a good spring cleaning. It felt…invigorating…energizing…like I should be celebrating something! Even Charly…
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I am such a creature of habit…routines…well-worn ruts. For instance, every morning, Monday through Friday, I wake up around 5am (my body, that is…my mind joins it about a half hour later.) I get the coffee going, turn on the computer, eat breakfast. Always the same thing – coffee, a glass of milk, and a slice…
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…you have redeemed the world. Kendall and I slipped into a back row during the second station – a little late, but not too much. Tommy had called, delaying me leaving the house. It's hard to say goodbye to a son you rarely see. But I hadn't attended Stations of the Cross yet this Lenten season…
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A new weekend is knocking on the door and I feel like I just said goodbye to the last one…it was a whole month's worth of faces, fun, and emotion packed into a few short days. It was a weekend of family and friends - Tom's brother Kenny and his wife Cathy drove in from Wichita, Kansas on Thursday. Their future…
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I kissed my baby goodbye outside of the Lufthansa terminal in Houston on Friday. A yucky cold rain fell on us all the way to the airport. I think it helped to subdue the girls' excitement, but couldn't wash it away completely. I could sense it bubbling in my van all the way there,…
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I love my family. I need to get that out there right away. I love having them around, love the chattering, the bickering, the company. That being said…I have REALLY been looking forward to today all week…Kendall in Spain, and Tom and Daniel backpacking in Big Bend National Park…to coming home from Houston and having the…
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Last night I was drunk in Vegas, getting suckered in by a sidewalk hustler, even putting my football team on the line. I guess I should make it clear I was playing a part in my classmate's screenplay, having a blast getting into this middle-aged pushy tough guy character. I had two other parts to read,…
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It's funny. I pass by the bowl ten times a day, but I didn't realize it had become invisible to me until I wrote the post about scouting the other day. I remember where it rested prominently on Hester's headboard-shelf, within easy reach once she was restricted to bed after breaking her hip. I remember her telling me…
Long Hollow 