Running Back
November 11, 2024 Greetings from the next step, Almost every ache has an accompanying joy. I am of an age where I am not totally...
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Nov 44 min read
Yardeology
They were two-thousand-year-old political yard signs.
Oct 215 min read
We Choose What to Give Up
October 21, 2024 Greetings from the brick and mortar, It was a crowded shop, filled with intriguing things, some cluttered into...
Oct 144 min read
Solved
“Solvitur ambulando”. It is a Latin phrase which means "It is solved by walking."
Sep 304 min read
Stories
Sept 30, 2024 Greetings from the joining, We are surrounded by people, almost always. Most everyone that we pass in a day, we don’t...
Sep 164 min read
Nice in Germany
Sept 16, 2024 Greetings from the ambassador, When I got back from this trip, a friend asked, “Does Germany hate us? I know the...
Sep 94 min read
Alleys
Sept 9, 2024 Greetings from the tour, There is this small town I am friends with, Ludington, nested on the edge of Lake Michigan. I...
Sep 24 min read
Saving Summer
Sept 2, 2024 Greetings from pallette, I’m holding on to the color of August. That’s a little misleading since August is so many...
Aug 264 min read
Letters
August 26, 2024 Greetings from the written words, If you were searching for something in my house, say a cufflink or a safety pin or...
Aug 195 min read
Hoops
August 19, 2024 Greetings from the player, I saw him in the driveway and thought it must be an older brother or something. This boy...
Aug 123 min read
Purpose
August 12, 2024 Greetings from the purpose, As I write this, coffee close to my right hand, I can still feel the mild ache in my...
Aug 54 min read
Laz
August 5, 2024 Greetings from the traveler, You might go all of your life and not know the name Lazarus Lake. It’s not even the...
Jul 224 min read
Aubade
July 22, 2024 Greetings from the welcome, I have a basket of words I’ve saved over the years. Some I wrote down thinking I’d look up...
Jul 84 min read
Treasures
July 8, 2024 Greetings from the treasure, Some weeks ago, I was in the car with Finley, who at the time was on the sunrise side of two...
Jul 14 min read
The Palace
July 1, 2024 Greetings from the cheap seats, By the time I began seeing movies at the Palace Theater, it had lost some of its original...
Jun 245 min read
Luck
June 24, 2024 Greetings from the lucky one, I’m a little confused. This is hardly remarkable, since I have been in some version of this...
Jun 174 min read
Fort
By David Smith June 17, 2024 Greetings from the meanderer, When I was a kid, it was a common thing to build a ‘fort’. We made them out...
Jun 103 min read
Weeping Sap
June 10, 2024 Greetings from the sappy one, Recently I deliberately spent thousands of dollars to get nothing. Nothing. The absence of...
Jun 34 min read
The Highlands
June 3, 2024 Greetings from the bonnie banks, It is a rare delight to begin an adventure with strong expectations, only to have them...
May 134 min read
Interesting
May 13, 2024 Greetings from the threshold, A couple of days ago I stood in a tiny house crowded with people, all celebrating an event...
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