Meet Junior

5/31/2024 Perhaps the thing that Junior reminds me most significantly about myself is of being chosen... We've added another little guy to the fold. He's cute, noisy, and is a lot of work. But so far, he is worth it. Though Junior and I don't look alike (no matter what you may hear to the contrary), it's pretty uncanny how much I see myself in this little guy. For starters, we both like to be…
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Fits and Starts

5/30/2025 Sometimes I'm extremely productive and other times I really struggle to make any progress at all. I have no real idea how common this is with people. But I have been aware of it in my story for a while now. Maybe I have been describing myself that way to a few others for a year. But as I think back, I've been this way for as long as I can remember. I can't…
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A Longing and a Wishing – Part 1

"You are a boy," someone had said vaguely, so long ago, "but one day you will be a man and have wonderful memories. And strangely, you shall find they both comfort and haunt you. At a time when you will wish as much for yesterday as now you beg for tomorrow. "One day you will come to a question, of the life you have lived, that will begin very beautifully, but fade to a riddle."…
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