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August 2013

August 25, 2013
She was standing behind one of those tables used at church potlucks. One of dozens...
August 22, 2013
    God grant me this thing I ask Help me to change the things...
August 22, 2013
It's Miz Shelby here. Mama talks about me every now and again. But you all might not...
August 20, 2013
They walk among us, the despairing do. Some are quiet, unassuming, gentle souls. Others are...
August 18, 2013
Our local county Sheriff Department is seeking funding from civic organizations to buy Kevlar vests...
August 17, 2013
  Over the past few days there has been a panhandler on the corner where...
August 15, 2013
Hannah Anderson is a matter for the Pew Research Center to study. The way social...
August 13, 2013
  Can  we sit still for a moment and give thanks? Just be still And...
August 11, 2013
The always beautiful and forever talented and always delightfully entertaining Sarah Thebarge came for a...
August 09, 2013
Friends: Will you allow me to share a bit of happiness with you today? Many...
August 08, 2013
I hate it when a cherished friend up and quits me. Thankfully it hasn't happened...
August 06, 2013
Raise your hand if you remember this song from your youth: It could be argued...
August 04, 2013
  We rented a car in France. Several friends had urged us to make the...
August 03, 2013
We walked into Patriot Stadium on Wednesday afternoon, Tim and me, Charlie and Ann. It...

July 2013

July 30, 2013
It's that time, of course, when we must take leave and say our good-byes. For...
July 27, 2013
One of the things that surprised me the most about the trip to Normandy was...
July 26, 2013
I have been in France for the past week, and in Germany the week before...
July 26, 2013
It's a funny business, this creative process. Sometimes I know exactly where a notion to...
July 24, 2013
Whenever people ask how I became a writer I tell them Vietnam made me a...
July 23, 2013
Never once when I was growing up, not even when I was a young adult,...
July 21, 2013
I have long recognized that crossing over a border, be it between Georgia and Florida,...
July 18, 2013
We were invited to attend a concert in the village up the road a'piece. Every...
July 16, 2013
There is this open-door policy at The Art Factory. Well, not so much of an...
July 15, 2013
  There are no protesters in the streets here in Kandern, Germany. No one even...
July 13, 2013
An artist is not a special kind of person. In every person is a special...
July 12, 2013
I must uphold  my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be...
July 11, 2013
Amsterdam is God's Rembrandt, a piece of stunningly horrific beauty.  Built in 1956, the year I was...
July 09, 2013
 Tim and I have been in New England for the past several days, visiting our...
July 08, 2013
  Here's the thing I don't understand about the Affordable Care Act. If the government...
July 06, 2013
Editor's Note: Christian Campgrounds seem to have become a theme around here lately, what with...
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