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Category Archives: Stories
Finding God in the Dark
To many, Barbara Brown Taylor is a leading theologian, an accomplished speaker, and an excellent writer with over a dozen books to her name. The TIME MAGAZINE cover for April 28, 2014 features an article about her life, and about … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged April 28 2014, Arizona, Barbara Brown Taylor, Beyond Words, carbide lamp, Catalina Mountains, caving, dark, eternal stars, faith, Finding God in the Dark, Ford, Frederick Buechner, Genesis 1:2, Hebrew scriptures, Landon Saunders, Learning How to Walk in the Dark, light, lightning, Memphis, Tagore, Tennessee, theologian, Thomas Carlyle, thunderstorm, time, Time Magazine, Tucson
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The NeverEnding Story
One of the most delightful experiences of my life has been . . . storytelling. I remember as a child those rare moments when we would get Dad talking about growing up as a small boy in Macon, Georgia, or … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged Apple, Bill Cosby, Brian Regan, chattanooga, childrens CDs, Christmas, Garrison Keillor, Georgia, Gus and Phil, Harry Potter, Hickman County TN, Jerry Clower, Jobs, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Little Red Riding Hood, Macon Georgia, Pecos Bill, Pete Seeger, Pied Piper, Sand Mountain, Steve Jobs, Stone Mountain Park, storytelling, The Byrds, The Greenhorn and the Mule Egg, The Hero of Stone Mountain Park, The NeverEnding Story, The Three Apples, Turn Turn Turn, world war II
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Return To Sender (Birds & Blooms)
Elvis Presley put it this way in his 1962 hit song, didn’t he? “Return to sender. Address unknown. No such person. No such zone.” But that is not exactly how I felt yesterday when I opened mail from the magazine, … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged 1962, Acts, Acts 26:8, amazing, Apostle Paul, azaleas, beauty, Birds and Blooms, Bradford Pears, Dad, daffodils, dogwood trees, Easter, Elvis Presley, Genesis, Genesis 3:19, Hades, hyacinth, incredible, iris, King Agrippa, matter, mother, Passover, petunias, Redbuds, resurrection, Return to Sender, rose, spiritual, spring
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Sunday Morning Musings (45 minutes at Dunkin’ Donuts)
Watching people eating, interacting, working . . . with George Strait singing in the background. Cars arrive at the drive thru, people place their orders of sugar and/or caffeine then drive away. A constant stream of humanity. A father negotiates … Continue reading →
Posted in Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged beauty, cleansing, Dunkin Donuts, embrace, Family, flowers, George Strait, humanity, Indian accent, iPhone, Life, people, prejudice, rain, soccer, springtime, story, tattooed, the grace of God, yellow pollen
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A Moving Tale
I am in the middle of some major life transitions, changes that are welcome yet challenging at the same time. I am moving the office for my part-time job to a location 10 minutes from my home. This job actually … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged Atlanta, career change, challenging, change, chattanooga, FaithWords, Home Run, If, Indianapolis, job change, John Maxwell, Kevin Myers, Look Heart No Hands, moving, Randy Travis, Red Bank, Rudyard Kipling, seasons of life, social security, total abandon, traffic, transition
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The Corvette Stingray: A Love Story
It’s hard to tell where my taste for certain foods originated; why grilled hamburgers are so absolutely wonderful, why ice cream cries out to be enjoyed by the bowl full, why good coffee sometimes just hits the spot. But my … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Fathers, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged 1/32 scale model, 1951 Plymouth, 1960s, 1963 Plymouth Fury, 1976 Volkswagon Rabbit, 1983 Pontiac Bonneville, 1988 Chevy Celebrity wagon, 1995 Chevy Lumina, 2000 Chevy Metro, 2000 Dodge Caravan, 2001 Chevy Metro, 2004 Toyota Corolla, 2013, 60th anniversary, Arizona, Austria, Beethoven, cars, concentration camp, Corvette Stingray, Daylight Saving, December 1974, German, Haydn, ink stamp, June 1953, Linz, Mauthausen, Mozart, November 1953, Salzburg, Sound of Music, symbiotic, Vienna
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Not Until You Say “Uncle”
It was just a phrase that children used to say in a wrestling match when one child would get the upper hand; the beaten child would have to say “uncle” in order to be released from the debilitating grasp of … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Assisted Living, Family History, Fathers, Nursing Homes, Stories, Uncategorized, World War II
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Tagged 1950s, 1960s, 86, 92, acceptance, acquiescence, Alzheimer's, beside myself, British joke, character, concession, death, devastation, dilemma, dingy, disappointments, dreams, failures, faith, gloomy, grieving, higher power, loss, men of faith, RCA, say uncle, soap operas, submission, submit, surrender, The Lost Story, Uncle, undone, vanquished, without hope, wreckage, wrestling match
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Do You Own Your Story?
When I was a little boy growing up in East Tennessee in the 1950s I never recall wanting to be someone else. But as years went by I began to notice things about other people, e.g. their possessions, their appearance, … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Fathers, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged 1950s, blockbuster movie, boredom, Brook Park Ohio, career, changing the past, Chick-fil-A, disappointment, disaster, East Tennessee, elation, failure, fantasy, Ford Motor Company, Frodo, Hollywood, Irving Stone, Landon Saunders, life orchestration, loss, love, near-disaster, Norse, qualify, saga, Samwise, The Lord of the Rings, time travel, Tolkien, triumph, your journey, your story
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The Biggest Loser (Losing BIG)
My youngest daughter is to blame, of course. She’s the one who introduced us to The Biggest Loser and the celebrity fitness gurus, i.e. Jillian, Bob, and Dolvett. We watched the 15th season on Hulu and finally caught up with … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adonis, anorexia, Aporia, Bob Harper, Craig, Dolvett Quince, February 4 1983, February 4 2014, gym, Hulu, Jillian Michaels, Karen Carpenter, OA, Overeaters Anonymous, Rachel, The Biggest Loser, The Ranch, tigress, transformation, Tumi
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Rehearsal (Lace Up Your Dancing Shoes)
I can’t begin to tell you how many rehearsals I have attended in my six decades of life. Play rehearsals, solo vocal rehearsals, choral rehearsals, barbershop quartet rehearsals, rock band rehearsals, country/bluegrass band rehearsals, wedding rehearsals, story telling rehearsals, voice … Continue reading →
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Tagged AA, Alcoholics Anonymous, boredom, changeable, chattanooga, dancing shoes, Don Williams, effortless, endorphin, fickle, fly fishing exercises, focus, fundamentals, Grammys, Hanon, harrow, intentionality, Lamaze, pianist, pray, purpose, rehearsal, Resusci Anne, ritual, self talk
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The Lost Story 