With each passing year I’m reminded how quickly my life is passing and how little I remember about the words, deeds and activities that seemed so important as they were happening. So this year I’m determined to do a better job of recording my journey, not only for my own benefit, but also for future [...]
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This article was originally published in the October 1982 issue of Moody Monthly magazine. Jenny lived for 13 more years after the article was written. You will see just the first page of the article below, but there’s also link where you can read it all. Read the entire article here "Now when they come to evict us from the house, do they call first, or do they just show up?" With such naivety my wife has spoiled many a good plan to quit a dull but stable job and pursue my dream de jour. I don't recall dreaming much as a boy. Though I enjoyed assembling [...] As we passed through downtown Farmerville (Louisiana) this past weekend, I silently scoured the storefronts. Then from a memory reaching back about 20 years, I recognized the object of my surveillance. "There's where we saw Santa Claus in the rocking chair!" This peculiar scene has endured not because of Santa (a December fixture), nor because of [...] On Monday mornings I endeavor to inflate a small idea in a full-blown column. But today, as I riffled an old book seeking a pithy quotation, four scraps of paper tucked within the pages interrupted my pursuit and shuttled me onto an unexpected sidetrack. My routine seldom varies: gather notebook, pen and reference materials; sit in [...] The threads of our lives intertwine in surprising ways. And if we begin to gently unravel them, we may discover how they tangle in common experience. Consider this letter my wife recently wrote to her niece. Science can easily explain how an ice cube slowly changes into a puddle of water that eventually disappears into thin air. But where do dreams go when they die? They must go somewhere, for occasionally they’ll unexpectedly knock again at our heart’s door. And the feelings they bring with their return are just as fresh as [...] |
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