slice of life

I watched a section of the Magnolia tree fall outside the bedroom window during the storm. It was just one of those awesome, random acts of moments that I happened to witness. Life Has Been a Lot Like That Lately I was cruising through the day’s 3,500 words when the shivers came over me. Fears. [...]

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Midnight. The only light in the house is coming from the monitor, letting me know that there’s only 14 more updates to perform before it shuts down for the evening. Well, and this iPhone 4. Come Hell or high water, midnight’s becoming the shut down time. I’ve borrow from too many tomorrows to keep today [...]

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This morning I spent an hour in bed curled up like a ball, checking web stats over & over again as if my looking at them will change them. All the while paralyzed at what else might not go my way. I’m Not Superman But I Think I Get Strength From the Sun

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I’m at one of the legendary establishments of Northwest Indiana. My buddy is quickly becoming a rising star in local political circles & we’re celebrating primary victories this evening. The funny thing is the guy footing my drinks is a staunch Republican from Massachusetts. And he’s not a career politician. Just a humble “prostitute” who [...]

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I wrote a post yesterday I felt compelled to write. And I confess that I was nervous about the reception. But, once again, y’all overwhelmed me. Thank y’all for the affection and support. Not only was it revitalizing, but the suggestsions really caused me to pause and think. I don’t dabble in much social commentary. [...]

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Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” – Luke 12:43-44 There have been some recent events [...]

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And once in awhile, the unexpected happens… Oldold Man Finn and I took off for Clewiston, Florida at about 10:30 am this morning. He wanted to show me a little bit of Florida history during this “bad” weather – bad as in “it hasn’t broken 60 in a few a days.” Clewiston sits on the [...]

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Since my 99 week pilgrimage started, I’ve had many people ask what my next steps are going to be. I’ve even gotten a couple projects from these conversations. I am grateful for the questions and appreciative of the concern, but I can’t say for certain, yet, as to where I’m going. Sleepless nights, numerous conversations, [...]

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(I’m working towards this scene, but forgetting to rest as I go) I woke up, got prepared for a meeting in New Buffalo, MI, and called to confirm. They answered, said it would be better if I backed it up a day, and I was none more thankful. Now I’m backing up my trip to [...]

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A long back-end of 2009 came to a peaceful end. I’ll miss the production crew, but unless something magical happens the synergy in that office we’ll never go back to the way it was. At least not today and probably not tomorrow. “I’ve seen the needle and the damage done,” – Neil Young. I’ve been [...]

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Sometimes there’s value to channel surfing. In between innings of Game 1 of the 2009 World Series and I stumbled upon a classic movie I haven’t seen in years:  The Crow. Brandon Lee’s spooky prophetic Coda. After about three seconds I was recognizing what people were saying, sort of. Then I realized it was in [...]

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Before holing up for the 2009 Fall season in preparation for the great Ft. Myers, Margaritaville holiday season getaway, we decided this Saturday will be devoted to recreate the greatest experience in 2009 – a smoked turkey sandwich on pretzel bun from Three Floyd’s Brewery of Munster, IN. I know, of all the tings we [...]

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I was Half-asleep on a Friday night and halfway through half a sub when ‘Country called. “Whatcha doin’?” “Just got home from work n eatin’.” “Well, wolf it down ‘n come out to the Pub n wait for Prophet with me. We’re gonna go check out the Hookah lounge.” So I take my time and [...]

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I blinked when I left Ft. Myers, Margaritaville in January and now it’s May. The time between posts wasn’t an accident. I swear I went down to Indy n tore up Broadripple with Bling last month but that was back in Feburary. And I also keep thinking I went to Seattle a couple weekends ago [...]

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I’m getting too old to stay up so late writing. At least, when I want to try to get up the following morning and enjoy the sun and weather. And I failed miserably when I tried to get up early this morning. The problem with writing late in the night is that even when you [...]

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