Thursday, January 4, 2018
The Way It Was - Part II
Alfred came to my wedding. By that time we had become good friends. Not only did he come to my wedding, he married us. Somewhere along the way he had graduated from Seminary and had become the preacher/pastor of our little church. He walked with a cane because his right leg was still six inches...
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018
The Way It Was
Alfred died in '97, a few years after my dad passed away. They had been friends off and on for as long as I can remember. Their off times usually had something to do with their differences in how they interpreted various Scripture passages. But when they were not arguing religious interpretations,...
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Sunday, December 31, 2017
Good Night 2017
An hour before midnight on New Years Eve and I'm ringing in the occasion by myself because I preferred not to get out on this horribly cold night. Almost everyone I know preferred not to get out on this horribly cold night, so most everyone I know is "celebrating" by themselves, as am I. Actually...
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Saturday, December 30, 2017
The Concourse Today
Today the ice mountains are definitely growing bigger. When Ribcage, Preacher, P.D., and David were little boys, I took pictures of them climbing the ice mountains made by the fountain that was left running all winter in our neighborhood. Now I live north of the river and we have another big...
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Friday, December 29, 2017
Aggravations
Of all the thing that one might have to do on a day that's cold, and the temperature not rising, and the snow not melting, and the sun not shining but rising somewhere beyond in skies that are covered by thick clouds, my favorites are not on the list. A cup of steaming black coffee would be first on...
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