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Rebirth

Rebirth. I suppose that’s where this Easter situation started. I’m not sure how a rabbit and eggs, unrelated to each other, made their way into an early spring resurrection Sunday, but a fat dude in a
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Wild and Free

I watched the horses run, wild and free and unmoving across the stretched canvas. A young one, somewhere between foal and colt, led the small herd, her gangly, undeveloped limbs at odds with her dominance.  Wonder
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Somewhere Other Than Where We Are

I haven’t been on the InstaTwitFace in quite a long time. Folks in my ecosystem know this, and every so often they’ll send me whatever rare gem they might find in that wasteland of digital
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The Little Girl in the Puffy Pink Jacket

A few years ago, I stumbled into an angel. At the time, I was in a decidedly non-Christmas place, but she offered a timely reminder that my state of mind was indeed a decision. She became the
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Musings from 30,000 feet

Here I am, 30,000 feet in the air, turning over and under the dirt of my life. What I’ve planted. What has grown. What has died on the vine. I’ve become more and more convinced
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Remembering

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices. Harry Truman delivered those
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Swimming in God

Small fish drifted past the orange Garibaldi hovering a few yards below my dangling feet. I didn’t know what the small fish were called. Names shouldn’t matter, but I guess they do matter, especially if
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The One That Got Away

I always thought I’d marry a girl from Texas.  I even had one in mind, although she was already married to a guy who spent most of his time hammered in the ship’s casino. I
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