Monthly Archives: November 2025

1309 NO ROACH DESERVES MERCY 11-28-25

Squish beneath your shoe the occasional roach with impunity! Stomp him into your bathroom floor! Smear him onto your kitchen counter. Remove his gooey remains with a damp paper towel and toss it into the garbage can without the slightest … Continue reading

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1308 A SERMON ON THE UNLOCKED DOOR 11-07-25

‘Sure! The metaphor’s been used before! But it’s not trite because it’s still so right! Remember the old painting? Jesus standing at the door, knocking. Reminds me of the old rock song. “I hear you knocking but you can’t come … Continue reading

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1307 A CONFLUENCE OF CONFUSIONS 11-05-25

I find this river on which I drift to be a combination of confusing confluences . Its tributaries, its ox-bows, carry old-back-waters into the current carrying me now, to reappear, like unreconciled conflicts, to deepen the rivers treacherous depths or … Continue reading

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1306 WHAT COUNTS? 11-01-25

All life’s important questions are based on counting. Does this count? Does that not count? A 25 year prison sentence, one day at a time. What year is this? 18 and a half. What day is this? 6752 (and a … Continue reading

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