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1970 Was A Beautiful Year In America
1970 Was A Beautiful Year In America

To this day, to this hour, I recall every detail of that spring day and our trip to Callaway Gardens. I recall the two-hour drive south from Atlanta, the fresh spring countryside passing outside the Opel’s windows and the enchanting sounds of the conversation and laughter coming from the passenger’s seat. I recall the delightful spontaneity and seemingly endless variety of enchantments in the girl who walked with me for hours through the gardens and along the water’s edge.

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Important Things That Got Away
Important Things That Got Away

Over the years many useful and important things that I was taught as a child, and some things I learned on my own, have found themselves being ignored and unappreciated. When I am reminded of these things by example or comment I blush and vow to be more mindful in the future.

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Funny How Time Slips Away
Funny How Time Slips Away

The way Carl figured it, if he stood up to Mayweather, called his bluff and demanded to be treated with respect, one of two things could happen. Either Mayweather would back off and find someone else to pick on, or Carl would be out of a job. He figured the odds at roughly 50/50.

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Potty-Mouth Gals Who Talk Dirty
Potty-Mouth Gals Who Talk Dirty

There is nothing so unbecoming a woman, nothing that speaks so persuasively against her competence and development of mind, nothing so distracting from her skills and accomplishments, and nothing that so diminishes her dignity, as profane and obscene speech in the workplace and in the public forum.

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Hiding Across America In A VW Bus
Hiding Across America In A VW Bus

All year round, for two years, we traveled coast to coast and border to border in our tan and white VW bus. Eating chili dogs from drive-in restaurants shaped like teepees and bologna sandwiches expertly prepared in the moving bus, we were two kids truly lost in America. We weren’t hippies, gypsies, commies or crooks. We weren’t affiliated with the Weather Underground or the John Birch Society. We weren’t running from the law, but in a way, we were running for our lives.

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Rattlin' Grandpa's Bones
Rattlin' Grandpa's Bones

If you are one of the fortunate few who inherited a good set of bones, you got a good start on a happy life! I was not so fortuante, but Mary Ann remedied that situation on Christmas morning when she presented me with a brand new set of shiny bones. Vintage rhythm bones from the folks at Bone Dry Musical Instruments Company. She also presented me with a challenge—learning to competently play this ancient and wonderful instrument.

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Socialism Killed American “Pay-To-Pee” Industry!
Socialism Killed American “Pay-To-Pee” Industry!

Think down and dirty, grass roots political action doesn’t work? Feeling discouraged about the prospects for genuine health care reform? Well, take heart. The power of the people is real. I was there in the 1970s when a dedicated group of true patriots united in common cause to take on the corporate potty patroons—the powerful Pay-To-Pee syndicate. At stake were our most fundamental bodily function rights—rights then being literally flushed away by capitalist greed and exploitation.

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That Time I Met The Governor: A Lesson In Politics
That Time I Met The Governor: A Lesson In Politics

In 1958, Mrs. Thomas’ second grade class at Seagoville (TX) Elementary School made a field trip to the capitol of the State of Texas. About thirty students, the teacher and a few parents made the two hundred mile trip south to Austin in a chartered motor coach. I sat on the right aisle, five seats back from the front of the bus, with my buddy Leon.

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Christmas Isn't Just For Christians
Christmas Isn't Just For Christians

A recent national poll indicates that 22% of non-Christians take offense when someone wishes them a Merry Christmas. We suspect those folks aren’t really offended. We think they’re just faking it for effect. If someone tells us to go to hell, we take offense. If they tell us to have a good time, we don’t. We suspect it’s the same with everyone.

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The Emperor Has No Clothes
The Emperor Has No Clothes

Americans, even ten-year-old American bowlers, have always been willing to believe that what looks good is good, and what looks best must be the best. In almost every case, perception outperforms substance in the American mind.

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“October Nights” : A Theme Song For A Book?
“October Nights” : A Theme Song For A Book?

A soundtrack for a book? Why not? Everybody experiences a book differently, and every author experiences the telling of their story in a unique and personal way. I know I did. As I was writing "Sticks And Stones" every scene, every twist and turn in the story, and every moment of joy and sadness played out in my mind like a motion picture. The experience seemed more like watching a movie than putting words on paper. 

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If You Love Me Bring Me Fish
If You Love Me Bring Me Fish

Life lessons. Sadly, we learn too many of them the hard way. But once in a while, usually at the most unexpected times, life brings us those special sweet moments that set us aglow inside and teach us the most precious truths of all.

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  • October 2017 9
    • Oct 14, 2017 Adam & Eve: A Way Back To Eden
    • Oct 15, 2017 We Dreamed A Beautiful Dream: Make Peace Important Again
    • Oct 16, 2017 Governor Maddox vs. The Mini Skirt
    • Oct 19, 2017 Life And The Minnow Pool
    • Oct 20, 2017 Surely, God Approves Of This
    • Oct 22, 2017 How Poison Spread Across The Earth
    • Oct 25, 2017 Shocking Truth: There Is Alternating Current In Your Wall Socket
    • Oct 25, 2017 “I Can’t Have You” - Classic Country
    • Oct 29, 2017 Celebration And Sadness: Thoughts On A Choctaw Wedding
  • November 2017 10
    • Nov 1, 2017 Light In My Darkness: The Gospel Of Hope
    • Nov 5, 2017 Jack, Joe & A Girl Called "Bracey
    • Nov 5, 2017 Jack, Joe & A Girl Called “Bracey”
    • Nov 9, 2017 Melvin And The American Dream
    • Nov 14, 2017 The Sin Of Lust: Love Amongst The Gongs
    • Nov 17, 2017 Welfare Slackers Drive Cadillacs
    • Nov 21, 2017 The Happy Story Of John Chapman
    • Nov 23, 2017 Sadhu Sundar Singh: A Modern Day Apostle's Warning To America
    • Nov 26, 2017 Mrs. Viskil And The Periodic Table Of Elements
    • Nov 30, 2017 If You Love Me Bring Me Fish
  • December 2017 4
    • Dec 4, 2017 “October Nights” : A Theme Song For A Book?
    • Dec 10, 2017 The Emperor Has No Clothes
    • Dec 19, 2017 Christmas Isn't Just For Christians
    • Dec 27, 2017 That Time I Met The Governor: A Lesson In Politics
  • January 2018 4
    • Jan 1, 2018 Socialism Killed American “Pay-To-Pee” Industry!
    • Jan 7, 2018 Rattlin' Grandpa's Bones
    • Jan 16, 2018 Hiding Across America In A VW Bus
    • Jan 26, 2018 Potty-Mouth Gals Who Talk Dirty
  • March 2018 3
    • Mar 2, 2018 Funny How Time Slips Away
    • Mar 19, 2018 Important Things That Got Away
    • Mar 25, 2018 1970 Was A Beautiful Year In America
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