Letting Go

First, I know it’s pretty much DONE already, but I want to do the the Five Things meme. Maybe more than once.
And yes, I told you I reserve the right to resurrection. Shut up.
Five things in my truck:
1. Fireworks. Since July. It’s almost October.
2. A huge roll of plastic sheeting.
3. A power drill. Still.
4. Matches. Unrelated [...]

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Good Night, Gracie.

I must apologize for my lack of joy lately. I am afraid that trend is going to continue, so unless something changes soon, I am signing off. This has been fun, sharing with you, but since there are really only a couple of people reading, there’s not much point in continuing. They already hear this [...]

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Pariah or Hopeless Optimist? You be the judge.

Scene: two pals, talking, looking up maps to various places on the internet.
Pal1: “Please go with me to this thing Sunday.”
Pal2: “I don’t think I can. It’s a 2-hour drive each way, and I think that will just wipe me out to do that in one day.”
Pal1: “PLEASE.”
Pal2: “I don’t think so. But hey! Why [...]

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So THAT’S What It Looks Like…

I can not beGIN to describe the emotions in my heart right now. Today at church I was having a little convo with a fellow parishoner, and his wife (there’s only one single guy in my church, and he’s 25 years older than I am) interrupted to ask him to round up a wayward nursery inhabitant. [...]

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A real gobbler of a day

I was alone in the yard. I promise, I was. I had gone out to mow, and I pulled the mower around to gas it up and check the oil. The thing was really crudded up, (yes, that’s a word. I just decided, so there.)  I threw down a tiny, thumbnail-sized piece of paper that [...]

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A Crusty Parable

This is a repeat, but the wordpress audience has never seen it. I offer it again, just in case somebody odd drops by. B-)
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Once upon a time, there lived a pumpernickel crouton. It was a very nice crouton in its’ own right, but it wasn’t exactly a normal crouton. It was dark, and soft, and [...]

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