Tag: Family

  • Horse Sense

    Horse Sense

    Dear Reader, how I treasure your sticking with me on the road to publication. I learned this month I’m a semi-finalist in the Genesis Contest for unpublished authors. How delightful to receive an evening phone call from a contest organizer. (They don’t call you when you lose!)

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  • Dying Well on Thanksgiving Day

    Dying Well on Thanksgiving Day

    Mrs. Esther Wholesum died on a Thanksgiving afternoon in the mid-to-late 1990’s, surrounded by her family and full of years. I remember it well.

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  • Bad Dad

    Bad Dad

    I must be quick! I had planned to ask you, “How far would you go for the woman of your dreams?” But unfortunately, that sentinel question will have to wait. I’ve been a bad dad.

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  • After the Cone

    After the Cone

    After the Cone The Haunted Doctor TAT – Entry 2           Some marathons, like life, are remarkably simple in design: essentially flat; no major turns; straight […]

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  • Call to Adventure

    22 July 2023

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  • My Father-in-Law’s Eightieth Birthday Song

    To the tune of Swipesy, by Scott Joplin Lyrics This is our birthday song for Jim nowIf someone loved music and he lived a really long time, tell me what […]

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  • Jubal’s Song

    Lyrics Comfy warm inside the womb until you breathed the air, the bitter chillToo much! The noise, the light, the thrill, we wrapped you snug, for resting still.Your mother rocked […]

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