Monthly Archives: April 2013

a stand up meal – April 5

4.5 A stand up meal on the road so good a bit of leaven for the load not wood. ———————–

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kenyon redux – April 4

4.4 A lovely campus and where is God to whose glory it was begun Have we bartered for a tower of Babel instead.   Learned children, do they learn of you or only of their own creation and leave behind … Continue reading

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spring getting ready – April 3

4.3 spring getting ready on the highways you can see it in the row upon row of loamy, darkness siding the chum. truckers glance from their gears to notice real life outside the sterilized environs of their cabs.   we … Continue reading

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in the coulee – April 2

4.2 Train line end, four miles past. Mud road flat, so flat forever, wind blowing hard like damnation coming across plains rather than welcome. But it was to be home. Work the land five year, and it is yours.   … Continue reading

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because nice matters – April 1

4.1. Friend at the store, we share changes, his white hair smoothed back, wisdom in his eyes and smile. His wife died not too long since, and we met at first only as customers/customee but simple conversation and sharing of … Continue reading

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