New Years Thoughts

My holiday break has given time to read, reflect and write a little. I work outside mostly and when in my office access to social sites and blogs is blocked, texting is expensive, and I share a computer at home with three people; so being able to blog and comment these last few days [...]

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My Oldest Son’s Writing

My oldest son, Jacob is on a free ride through college in part to his writing ability, the essay below got him into a select group of young scholars here in Arkansas.
“If there is sin against life, it consists in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.” – Albert [...]

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Living?

To Live is to allow moments to slip away,
as those you love grow, leave; and die.
To merely exist is to hold on to moments
that should be slipping into one’s past.
I fear that my dearest moments lie somewhere
in the past as I watch them recede from my grasp.
And I stumble desperately after them
wishing they would remain [...]

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