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Full Range of Motion
I love working out at the gym! Well . . . let me qualify that statement: sometimes I love working out at the gym. Other times I feel like I’ve been run over by a truck and just want to … Continue reading →
Posted in Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged anger, bench press, biceps, Chick-fil-A, death, depression, Disgust, emotion, exercise, fear, forward curl, full range of motion, grief, gym, hobbits, Inside Out, joy, live forever, Pete Docter, physique, results, Ronnie Del Carmen, Sadness, terminal illness, Tolkien, underbelly of life, weightlifting, working out
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Leap Year 2016
Well, it sneaked up on me several weeks ago. How about you? The desk calendar I use for work had a Monday, February 29 on it. And of course, my initial reaction to that is always . . . disbelief. … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Fathers, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged 1970, 1976, 2016, Arizona, calendar, change, cigarettes, February 29, Frodo, Gandalf, Gregorian, Julian, Leap Year, Love Story, Mark Twain, pharengo laryngotracheitis, rhinosinusitis, risk, social security, solar calendar, Surgeon General, The Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien, Tucson, www.heartdepot.org
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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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Aragorn is Dead
Aragorn is dead. In case you hadn’t heard. He passed away on the last day of February due to complications resulting from a recent surgery. His family was able to say their goodbyes to him in the hours before his … Continue reading →
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Tagged adventure, aplomb, Aragorn, Arwen, bristlecone pine, canyon, Catalina Mountains, chattanooga, courage, cowboys, dendrochronology, Elves, exotic, father figure, hobbit, indians, Legolas, Lord of the Rings, LOTR, memorial, Mordor, Nazgul, Peter Howell, Peter Jackson, Pippin, Santa Catalina mountains, Saturn, Sauron, Southern Arizona Rescue Association, streambed, Strider, The Old Pueblo, Tolkien, tree ring research, Treebeard, Tucson, University of Arizona, Viggo Mortensen
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The Lost Story 