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NINETY-THREE

               My grandfather (Papa) turned ninety-three yesterday.                All my life, he’s always been there.  He took me fishing.  He took me hunting.  He came to my sports games when Granny told him they were going and that the farm work would have to wait.                Coming back to the farm, he was always there—helping […]

LIFE SURPRISES

               “Coach, I read your book!” a little voice calls out to me during water break at practice.                I’m caught off-guard.                “You read my book!?” I answer back surprised.  “Where’d you find that?”                “In the library,” he answers simple.                “At your school?”                “Yeah.”                “Well, that is cool!”                I […]

LIVING ROMANCE

        After, flame of passion-rose tempered back, restored again to cool and smooth of fair, white porcelain-pure.  Outside, golden hearts from redbud fell in free before golden sun; flood of the room in morning’s light, suspend and paint of its form to motes in float—third spirit in the room.           In open […]