Month: August 2025

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Aug 29, 2025

For green, green branches, pluck those pods

Like tall, green sentinels, they marched along. Quiet guardians, those evergreen trees, standing watch along the front of the house. Then all at once, we saw it. The tree in

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Aug 22, 2025

Where are your shoes taking you?

She is standing in line just before me. In a small-town post office, the ancient lobby offers a respite from the searing heat. At once, I glance down, and I

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Aug 15, 2025

Finding the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ of your life

This essay was first published on The Daily BS on August 8, 2025. In last week’s essay, I mentioned the Oldsmobile we had when we got married. It was maroon,

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Aug 08, 2025

Marriage is hard, but it can be very good

This essay was first published on The Daily BS on August 1, 2025. It was 40 years ago that we first met. We were both eighteen, fresh graduates with the

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Aug 01, 2025

“Mom, what if he isn’t real?”

This essay was first published on The Daily BS on July 25, 2025. Every once in a while, it happened. As The Cub, youngest in our litter, got ready for

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