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Crying in my Sleep
My pillowcase was such a mess and my pillow beneath it so damp, that I had to tumble it in the dryer and wash my case. You see, I’d been crying off-and-on throughout the night and morning while having the same basic dream. Checking all the doors and windows each night before bed, making certain…
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Payday candy bars should change its name because it’s offensive to people who refuse to work.
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Author and Perfecter
Awoke early this morning wondering: “If God were to write the opening paragraph to my biography, what would He have to say?” Fell back to sleep with this still on my mind. When I woke again, the thought remained. It hung with me while mowing the lawn, then like a bolt outta the blue, this…
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Ask me about my attention deficit disorder or pie or my dog, a cat. I have a bike. Do you like TV? I saw a rock. Hi.
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Broken Haiku
reach out, reach out with hope in your heart and you will never walk alone
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Two-twenty-three
For the second time in as many weeks, I woke up a 2:23 am, first on a Monday, then this morning, a Saturday. I could easily assign some strange interpretation to this because I was born at 2:23 am, three minutes after my twin, who did not survive entry. But I won’t. I’m jus’ letting…
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Born Again
The trip to the north coast of California is a long one, at least eight-hours, if you stay within the speed limit. Ham Piper knew this, but after several cups of coffee and getting stuck behind a slow moving log truck and two RV ‘wienie-wagons,’ he found he had to stop for a pee. He’d…
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Set-Backs
This is day 115 of social distancing, face-masks and self-quarantining and a lengthy week of minor set-backs. It started last Friday with my son and daughter-in-law’s vehicle breaking down jus’ over the Nevada-California stateline as they were heading for a visit to her family in the So-Cal area. Two motor belts and a radiator later, at…
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Last night our neighbor came home drunk. He stood at his door banging on it for over five-minutes. Problem is that he lives alone. So I finally went over and told him he wasn’t home. He left.
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Think it’s About Race?
This is convicted terrorist Susan Rosenburg. She sits on the Board of Directors for the fundraising arm of Black Lives Matter. She was convicted for the 1983 bombing of the United States Capitol Building, the U.S. Naval War College and the New York Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association. She was released from prison after serving 16 years…