Monthly Archives: October 2022

1088 IT’S A CRAP-SHOOT 10-30-22

Depending, I’m either lucky, fortunate or blessed, based on whether prayer counts. Does “Thy will be done” eliminate all explanations other than, “Have a blessed day!”? And what if WILL decides I die slowly, my body canabulizing itself in our … Continue reading

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1087 MORNING LIGHT 10-19-22

I love how morning breaks through gauzey cotton curtains hung around my bedroom bay. here in my home by the sea. First, opaque, blind night shrouds us all. Then the ocean fog dissolves into diamond mist, sparkling in the suns … Continue reading

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1086 DANCING IN A DREAM 10-18-22 (a song, no less!)

Dancing in a dream, it’s so lovely! You holding me tightly! dancing in a dream with you! I love you true. I love to dance with you! Dancing in a dream with you! We’ve been together, through all weather! I … Continue reading

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1085 LINES WRIT IN SHIFTING SAND 10-16-22

If I go before you, my soul will be waiting just beyond the crashing surf, watching for you as long as it’s allowed by whoever’s skipper of the crowd, until you are beside me, once again. I will be riding … Continue reading

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1084 BIRD TITHE 10-14-22

I try to tithe each months check, bringing a percent of increase to the store house, used to feed the widows and orphans, to heal the sick, and house the poor wanderers, to feed the birds and… Wait a minute! … Continue reading

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1083 John 3:8 at Junaluska 10-8-22

Perhaps it was that the leaves had not yet turned russet as they had the first time. Perhaps it was that the sky was blue and cloudless, being slate gray the first time. Perhaps because the carolilian chime did not … Continue reading

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1082 ADVICE TO THE WIDOWERS NEXT WIFE 10-7-22

First, never ask of him questions to which you really don’t want answers. Maybe she did, every morning, prepare for him a farmers breakfast and every night a gormands feast. Chicken cor-don-blu was not difficult for her to do, even … Continue reading

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1081 THE ROOT OF PROGRESS 10-5-22

The guarantee and the root of the efficacy of progress is based solely, squarely and securely on the fact that the last guy or crew or company who, ” Put your old roof on, Madam,”… or installed your AC system … Continue reading

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