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My IRS Agent
My IRS agent Garnett Morris (left) died last night. Up until last year she worked incognito, at Ieast from my perspective. I learned of her former occupation last October when my mother (center) and Garnett’s sister Jeannie (right) visited Garnett at the nursing home...
Last Fall/This Fall
For the past month I’ve been in denial about the end of summer and the arrival of fall. But today I can deny it no longer. Over the weekend, the leaves went from green to gold. Overnight the air went from warm to chilly, the breeze from soft to harsh. In years past,...
DifferentDream.com Is Up and Running
After weeks of hair-pulling, mental anguish, and nail-biting www.DifferentDream.com, the website companion to my new book, is up and running! You are cordially invited to visit the website and spend some time there. Your comments and advice concerning the topics...
Tall Grass
If you enjoy historical fiction, you’ll want to read Tallgrass by Sandra Eller. In it, she tells the story of Ellis, a rural community in Colorado’s sugar beet country. During WW II, the federal government erected Tallgrass, Japanese-American internment camp, a few...
Our McFarthest Spot
A recent entry at Justin Taylor’s blog Between Two Worlds almost blew my socks off. He quoted from a blog entry by Stephen Von Worley. Von Worley was contemplating the McDonaldization of America and decided to locate the farthest point from an Mc Donalds in the...
My Golden Fall Day
Fall is not my most favorite season, mostly because I’m the kind of person who’s always looking ahead and planning for the future rather than enjoying the present. So instead of relishing cool nights and pleasant days, the beautiful colors and signs of God’s...