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THE PATH
Maybe it’s my age, maybe it’s something else, but lately I’ve been obsessively fantasizing, and even had dreams about, going back and starting over…beginning with my Freshman Year in High...
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IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD NEWS.
Last week, as I was organizing, I ran into an old, battered, paperback Bible that I received in my “youth”. On the cover, in some 1970’s-type font, were the bold...
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A RICH MAN
It was a tragic story, to begin with. He was a young father, in construction. He was a high school jock who hadn’t lost his physical peak with age. His...
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GROWTH
As I look forward to what will be the “closing chapter” of my life…and by “closing chapter” I mean the years during which most people, including me, would retire…I probably,...
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24601
24601: That is the number the prison gives to identify the man known as Jean Valjean, the protagonist in the book and musical, LES MISERABLES. 24601. The number is not only given for...
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BUMPER FISH
I was in my car, on my way to Indianapolis. I was in the right-hand lane (going the speed limit…really!) and a car drove past me, pulled in front of me and...
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ALREADY BROKEN
It was a good time for me. I was in college, almost graduating, singing and performing, and enjoying life. I was also the “single male” among a few young couples,...
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BACKSTAGE
As a child, I was first fascinated by theatrical productions not because of the performances, but because of the sets. Now, more than ever, and after several years in professional...
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FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT & SAFETY
I am remembering a moment, a Christmas Eve in the living room, putting a massive toy of some sort together, as quietly as possible. It’s something I wanted to get...
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THE FACE OF JESUS
Warner Elias Sallman, a first-generation American (his parents were immigrants from Finland and Sweden), sang in his local church choir in Chicago. It was there he met his wife, Ruth in 1916. ...