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About Ken Greenman

Married and Happy. Retired and busy. Living in NC. 71 and counting. December 12, 2025 and it's 77! ... I would love some written comments, critiques, adulation or kind suggestions.... If you have the time and or inclination, please feel free! Not in fear but by faith. We will see. See you later! If you ever want to talk for real, email me and I will send you my cell number.... I am enjoying this!

552 When a student passes Feb. 2015

I remember him in my class where he drove me crazy, and managed to pass. I sit at his wake, from which he will not, until. I wait for answers which will not come, until. How to grade a life? … Continue reading →

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551 Love Coat Feb,2015

Fashion a fabric, magic in the weave, fibers woven with alchemy. Wool for warmth. Linen for comfort. Cashmere for luxury. Silk for sex. Measure your bodies, yours, your other. Measure again for certainty. Cut once for perfect fit. Sew with … Continue reading →

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550 Home Coming Jan. 25, 2015

Up the dusty dirt road, the tramp trudged on and on and on. Pains in his legs, a broken oaken oar to steady his limp. It had been life times since he took the Journey down this road, his stride, … Continue reading →

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549 A love well lived Jan. 10, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy are those blessed by a love well lived for theirs is a life well loved. Who would forgo the fabrics of love? The smooth, well warmed silk of sensual love. The comfortable linen and flax of brotherly love. The … Continue reading →

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548 December 26th Dec. 26, 2014

When the trappings of Christmas are packed snug in their bins, keep remembering the Child born to save us from our sins.

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547 Genesis 5:24 “not” December 9, 2014

Enoch walked, talking to his old friend, God, who asked, “So? How goes it?” (as if He didn’t know!) and Enoch answered, “How should it go? I’m fine.” And God said, “Want to come Home with Me?” And Enoch answered, … Continue reading →

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546 A wake Nov. 2, 2014

He woke, startled, eyes wide, Yes, he was awake. The sepia dim of his curtained room only added to the disappointment in his mind. For in his dream, he had died. The deadly disease he had, had destroyed him. Now, … Continue reading →

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545 Tabatha’s Orders (desperate times call for measures) Nov.2, 2014

It was the mornin’ after the night the Master came, dragged her to the empty cabin once again and, once again, he done it, when Tabatha went to John, her raging Man, not even husband, but loved, still, through all … Continue reading →

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544 All Hallows Eve Oct. 31, 2014

A masked mob of monsters marches to my door. Mahidabelle, our smiling witch, sits on our porch rocker, surrounded by fire grinning pumpkins. Red capped heroes, yellow minnions, gold crowned princesses, bleeding vampires, chain saw killers, mixed with a few … Continue reading →

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543 Signs of demise Oct. 2014

Farm stands are sold out of pumpkins and corn. Ice cream stalls are hawking strawberry or peach or black cherry fudge in quart containers, half off for one, buy four get two free. Early frost and snow showers predicted this … Continue reading →

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