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Rick Vale
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
IN DEFENSE OF REMEMBERED SIN
She was as colorful a person as you would like to meet; my first piano teacher, Mrs. Beardsley. With a smoker’s cough, low voice, and a pink living room (I...
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October 15, 2019
ENCOURAGEMENT
FROSTY PUMPKINS
It’s that time of year again, when I think about this poem: WHEN the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock, And you hear the kyouck...
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October 09, 2019
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
TRUE COLORS
Ah, Autumn in Indiana – the crisp 94-degree air – the bugs which, because of the lack of cold, have grown to the size of German Shepherds. I keep saying...
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October 01, 2019
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
WORSHIP & FAITH
“I don’t believe in God anymore,” I overheard her say to a friend on the phone, while we were both in line at PAY LESS, “I just know too many...
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September 24, 2019
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
INTERRUPTIONS
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” JOHN LENNON I’m a TAURUS (Birthday in May, by the way – I like bacon-themed gifts) and I’ve...
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September 17, 2019
Uncategorized
PARADIGM
It doesn’t matter how many years go by, September 11th or 9/11 will always bring one memory to my mind before all others. It is like a door I have...
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September 10, 2019
ENCOURAGEMENT
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...
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September 03, 2019
THE CHURCH
CHOIR
Time moves on, and CHANCEL CHOIR rehearsals begin once again – tonight. I have been singing in a church choir, or playing the piano, or doing plays in church, for...
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August 27, 2019
ENCOURAGEMENT
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
Before the jet even landed, a rich green and blue light came to my eyes and into the deep part of me. We were flying over each of the islands...
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