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Someone wrote recently and inquired about my thoughts on the song, Born, by Over the Rhine. I wrote back and this person suggested I consider a blog post inspired by this song. I haven’t blogged in a long time; it’s … Continue reading
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I have started several blog posts in the past few months and never finished them. In between the heavy load of assignments, I wrote what might have become posts but refused to form more than a mess of words. I … Continue reading
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I heard this song last night in gym class – a weight training class – of all places. It sent chills through me – the beauty of Il Divo’s vocals, the orchestra, later the discovery of the translated lyrics I … Continue reading
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We get worn threadbare. Life breaks us down. Things don’t work out like we had hoped or even in a way that we can comprehend. The business we’re trying to build isn’t where we hoped it would be at this … Continue reading
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What is a kiss? A sign of affection, routine, politeness, betrayal, goodbye, lust. Kisses have been made to mean so many things. It is exceedingly rare when a kiss lays both people bare to the soul, when masks drop away … Continue reading
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Things are brutally challenging. Increase support. Add short-term counseling. Done. Took an hour and two buses to get out to this place just beyond Edinburgh’s borders. It was in a small village. The sky was country-dark, the street deserted, the … Continue reading
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It is an honest thing to say that I am optimistic. It is more honest yet to say that I am blessed. My whisper steams your skin, lingers. I live with a broken heart. Ungodly? Blessed, yeah. Navel gazing? Star … Continue reading
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Work hard, and strive not. Be humbled in fear, and fear not. Ask, and accept. Hope, and persevere. Hard, so hard, and light, so light. Leaving behind the unaccountable for the uncountable. The known for the unfathomable. The delusions for … Continue reading
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There is nothing so soothing to me as the stramash of blues from the sea, the lochs and the sky lit by an unfettered sun, revealing their deeper shades as a lazy cloud passes over. Nor is anything so fancy … Continue reading
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Frustration and concerns come when obstacles result in loss. You had a general idea of how things would go and reality is not close. The dazed feeling begins to clear just enough to choose: Worry or sinker deeper into the … Continue reading