It’s been a few years since I’ve updated this blog. When I was actively adding content, I wrote about teaching, the writing process, coaching, and family.
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Ways of Honoring the Memory of a Man I Wish I’d Known Better
We sat at the table in his kitchen. Coffee had been brewed, or was brewing. We each had a cup. Actually, I wasn’t there. My wife was. My uncle was telling her about stewing and canning hot peppers. He gave…
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Devotional
My wife is sleeping. It has been a long day for her. For me, too. But this isn’t about me.
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A Partial View of the Mental Business Behind Listening
Just sit there a minute. Allow yourself the chance to listen to the sounds of this other person’s words. You can avoid making eye contact with this person while you listen. It’s okay to do this every now and then.
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I’ve been fortunate enough to have had several short humor pieces accepted by the editor of FunnyinFiveHundred.com, and the following links to my most recent, “What We Must, on Occasion, Do for Love.” It’s a story that pokes fun at…
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On Toys, Accidents, and What Matters to Others
I can remember the horn of the toy popping. I remember the way it hit the ground with a snap and then rolled over on itself. The toy was a plastic rider police car that had been mine when I…
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Some Things to Avoid (Unless Noted, the Dos are Implied)
Don’t do what signs tell you not to.
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Doubling
I know: not a true double. But think about it a minute: how rarely do we ever really see exact repetitions?
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Edge Lines
When I cut my thumb, from the tip to the crook of the first knuckle, I was at home alone on a Saturday. My wife was coaching a track meet in Uhrichsville. We were headed to Ashland to stay with…
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Color
These daffodils popped up in the far corner of a fenced-in yard a few blocks south of New Philadelphia High School.
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Scale
Every few minutes or so, another car passed. More trucks than cars, actually; I’d left town behind and ventured into farm country, where plowed fields like the one captured in this post’s featured image dominate.
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