Irons in the Fire of my Thirty-Third Year
I’ve just completed another trip around the sun. Sometimes its hard to believe I’ve made that journey thirty-two times already. Sometimes I’m shocked its only been thirty-two. Indeed, these last two years I’ve accomplished so much. Its no wonder I’ve started wishing there were twenty-seven hours in a day. To briefly reflect, at thirty my […]
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“The Boys will be Home by Christmas”
There is a phrase that will be familiar to pretty much anyone who has ever taken a history class—ever: “The boys will be home by Christmas.” I spent the better part of twenty minutes trying to find its origin, but wasn’t able to come up with anything definitive. It seems George Washington used it in […]
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A Place to End
Early this afternoon—at about 12:15pm—I had an experience that I’ll never have again in my entire life. I embraced it calmly, perhaps unable to react because it didn’t seem real. Truthfully, as I write this about an hour later, it still hasn’t sunk in. I’m guessing later on it will—the realization growing as the day […]
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Act III or ‘The Victory Lap’
There is a game I like to play in my head. Its something I do to battle exhaustion at times when it really matters—when I’ve got to keep going just a little bit longer. Mostly I play when I’m running. I’ll have put in four grueling miles, sometimes more, and I know I’m a mile […]
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100,000 Words and a Lofty Goal
Well, this is a first. I’m getting my Tuesday process post in just under the wire tonight. My work schedule changed this week on account of an annual facility maintenance shutdown, and I’m enjoying my afternoons and evenings at home. My writing schedule is shot to hell though. I don’t mind. I said before Thanksgiving this […]
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