My Man Pink
It’s been another year, and I was thinking it would be a good time to share another Dad story. I got kind of caught up inside my own brain for a while, thinking of recent changes in my life, the way Dad’s memory influences me and affects me still. I’ve been doing a lot of [...]
September 19, 2012
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Tags: dad, history, humor · Posted in: family
Celebrate.
Thinking back, I’m not sure when it was – winter or summer, spring or fall. Logic and the process of elimination lead me to believe it was probably sometime in 1989. I didn’t have a phone in my room but there was one in the next room over that was basically mine. It was a [...]
February 14, 2012
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Tags: celebration, history, love · Posted in: Uncategorized
My Kingdom For A Voice
My first copy of Lifes Rich Pageant was a cassette copy from my brother’s vinyl. There was a skip on the record during “These Days,” and to this day when I listen to that song there’s a part of me that waits for that little stutter. It’s not there, as I now listen to a [...]
September 21, 2011
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Tags: history, music · Posted in: Uncategorized
Ten years.
This weekend I went on retreat at a Trappist monastery in Berryville, VA. Never having done such a thing before, I was curious, filled mostly with interested anticipation but with a little trepidation. Would I go crazy, I wondered, with nearly 48 hours off the grid entirely, not just no internet, but no phone, no [...]
September 11, 2011
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Tags: faith, history, questions, thoughts · Posted in: cats, faith
History lesson
Last night was my 20th high school reunion. It was a nice night – the venue was lovely, there were a lot of people there I hadn’t seen in, well, 20 years, the food was good. Overall I went into the event with almost no expectations, unsure who I would see or who I would [...]
August 8, 2010
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Tags: history, self · Posted in: Uncategorized
